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Verifone Usb Driver Installation Guide

This document provides instructions for installing and uninstalling VeriFone USB drivers on Windows 7 and Windows XP systems. It describes standard installation procedures, advanced installation options using installers or device managers, and how to clean up previously installed drivers. The document also covers disabling automatic driver updates in Windows 7, toggling zero writes, and modifying COM port properties.

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Verifone Usb Driver Installation Guide

This document provides instructions for installing and uninstalling VeriFone USB drivers on Windows 7 and Windows XP systems. It describes standard installation procedures, advanced installation options using installers or device managers, and how to clean up previously installed drivers. The document also covers disabling automatic driver updates in Windows 7, toggling zero writes, and modifying COM port properties.

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VeriFone USB Driver Installation Guide

Nov 04, 2011

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: This document contains confidential information that is


the property of VeriFone, Inc. No part of this document may be copied, distributed, stored
in a retrieval system, translated into any human or computer language, transmitted in any
form or by any means, without the prior written consent of VeriFone, Inc.

VeriFone USB Driver Installation Guide

Table Of Content
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Introduction..................................................................................................................3
Types of Installation.....................................................................................................3
2.1
USB Driver Installation.......................................................................................3
o Standard Installation............................................................................................3
o Using Installer......................................................................................................3
o Manual Installation..............................................................................................3
2.2
USB Driver Un-Installation.................................................................................3
Standard Installation....................................................................................................3
3.1
Steps for Installation............................................................................................3
3.2
Steps for Un-installation......................................................................................3
Advanced Installation..................................................................................................4
4.1
Installation Using Installer...................................................................................4
4.2
Manual Installation using device manager..........................................................4
USB Driver Un-installation.........................................................................................6
5.1
Normal Un-installation........................................................................................6
Clean-up previously installed driver:...........................................................................7
Disabling Auto-update Option on WIN 7..................................................................10
Toggle Zero Writes....................................................................................................12
Com Port Properties...................................................................................................12

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Introduction

This document details the procedure to install and uninstall VeriFone USB Driver. It
covers both standard installation and installation for the advanced users. This VeriFone
USB Driver installation supports Vx terminals on WIN 7 and WIN XP platforms.
2 Types of Installation
The following section describes the different type of installations.
2.1 USB Driver Installation

o Standard Installation
o Using Installer
o Manual Installation
2.2 USB Driver Un-Installation

3 Standard Installation
This section describes the standard installation procedure of USB driver.
3.1 Steps for Installation

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Download the zip file that is provided.


Extract the contents of the zip file to c:\usbdriver. Create a folder usbdriver, if
does not exists.
Open a command prompt.
Switch to c:\usbdriver directory.
Ensure that the device is unplugged from the PC.
Run silent2.bat /com90
The user can provide the required COM port as a parameter. If the port
is not mentioned then the installation takes the default port as COM9.

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The driver will be installed without any UI. Wait for the installation to complete.
Connect the terminal/PINpad using USB and power up the terminal.

3.2 Steps for Un-installation

1. Exit all the application that is using COM port.


2. Open a command prompt.
3. Switch to C:\Program Files\VERIFONE\Vx USB Driver directory.
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4. Run
C:\Program Files\VERIFONE\Vx USB Driver\unins000.exe /silent.
4 Advanced Installation
This section describes the installation procedure for advanced options.
4.1 Installation Using Installer

1. Run the setup.exe and follow the instructions to install the driver.
2. While installing the driver, place the driver files to the default installation folder,
C:\Program Files\VERIFONE\Vx USB Driver.

4.2 Manual Installation using device manager


1. Connect the device to the PC, ensure the device is listed in the device
manager: It will be shown as a new USB device with yellow exclamation
mark.
2. Right click the device and select update driver option, select install from
specific location (advanced) option
3. Select Don't search. I will choose to the driver to install option.

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4. Select Have a disk option and provide the extracted folder path (ex.

C:\Program Files\VERIFONE\Vx USB Driver.

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5. Click OK to proceed and complete the manual installation.

Vx-7 directory is selected if the PC used is Windows 7, 64/32


bit and the device is Vx.
PP-7 directory is selected if the PC used is Windows 7, 64/32
bit and the device is Pin-pad (Qx, PP1000, Nurit).

USB Driver Un-installation

5.1 Normal Un-installation


1. Select the option sequence Start Control Panel Add or Remove Programs
and Double click VeriFone device Installer Ver. X.X.X.X.

Clean-up previously installed driver:


This section describes the procedure to clean up the previously installed driver
before initiating the new installation of USB driver.

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It is recommended to follow the installation procedure explained in the


above sections. Follow this Clean-up procedure only if the installation
procedure mentioned in the above section fails.
1. Repeat the un-installation procedure mention in the section 5.1, Normal UnInstallation.
2. Go to C:\WINDOWS\inf directory
a. Press F3 (to invoke search option, choose search companion).
b. Enter details: Enter *.inf in the file-name box, VeriFone in the
word/phrase box (without quotes).
c. Search will provide the name of the inf file (Example: oem32.inf)
3. Delete the found inf file and corresponding pnf files (Example: oem32.inf &
Example: oem32.pnf).

4. Before performing above step note down the corresponding .sys file present
in the .inf file as shown below.
5. Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers delete the .sys file (Ex:
VFIUSBF.sys & VfiEnum.sys).

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6. Also check DRVSTORE dir (C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRVSTORE) for any folder


which has the same .sys and inf file If present delete the folder.

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Disabling Auto-update Option on WIN 7


To disable the option to download the drivers, select devices and printers from
the start menu. Select the device with your computer name and right click,
the context menu is displayed as shown below.

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Select device installation settings option from the context menu. In the
device installation settings window, select No, let me choose what to do
option and then select Never install driver software from Windows
Update option.

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Toggle Zero Writes


On some of the java applications that uses javax.comm package, which
handles output data fragmentation before sending to driver, disabling the zero
length writes are required.
The following steps are provided to explain the enabling and disabling the
zero length writes( default behavior is enable)
1. Close all the applications using Vfi com port, disconnect the devices.
2. Open command prompt(On windows 7,open the prompt with Admin
privileges)
3. Go To installed directory in C:\Program Files\VeriFone\USB Driver.
4. Run VfiUsbNoZeroWrite.exe 0 <-- set for zero writes OR Run
VfiUsbNoZeroWrite.exe 1 <-- disables zero writes
5. Restore the device connections and start the applications.

Com Port Properties


1. By default Windows allows usage of com port numbers up-to 255.
2. V19 driver also supports com ports assignment up-to 255. Using default
setup, com9 will be assigned, however user can choose to change the
comport using SetVfiPort.exe utility from the command prompt.
Ex: Existing driver installed to use com port from com9 onwards.
However if one wants to use com ports starting from com 20:
Disconnect the device.
Invoke command prompt (in windows 7, invoke command prompt
with admin privileges) go-to driver installed directory (C:\Program
Files\VeriFone\Vx USB Driver)
cd C:\Program Files\VeriFone\Vx USB Driver
Execute the command setvfiport 20 to assign from com 20.
Re-connect the device.
During certain scenarios like accidental power cutoff, comports resource will
not be released by the driver, when power returns back, PC assigns next comport to the device (ex: com9 is assigned before power-off and com10 after).
In-order to regain the com9, user can perform below steps:
Disconnect the device
Invoke command prompt (in windows 7, invoke command prompt
with admin privileges) go-to driver installed directory (C:\Program
Files\Verifone\Vx USB Driver)
cd C:\Program Files\Verifone\Vx USB Driver
Execute the command ComReset.exe 9.
Re-connect the device.

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