USB GPIO Modules

Numato Lab USB CDC Driver Installation

308 views November 8, 2022 aryakrishna 0

This document describes how to install the Numato Lab USB CDC Driver .

The driver package for Numato Lab’s products can be downloaded from the product pages at numato.com.

To install the driver:

On Windows

  • Unzip the contents of the downloaded driver package to a folder.
  • Attach the module to the PC using a USB cable and run the .exe file downloaded from numato.com
  • Follow the instructions on the installation wizard.

On successful installation, the module appeared as USB Serial Port before will be displayed with its name like Numato Lab NL-USBG-C-008 in device manager.

On Linux

To use any USB CDC protocol device wit Linux, USB CDC driver must be compiled into the kernel.

Fortunately, most Linux distributions (Ubuntu, RedHat, Debian, etc) has this driver pre-installed.

When the module is connected, it will appear as a serial port under ‘/dev’ directory. Usually the name will be ‘ttyACMx’ or similar. Name may vary with the Linux distribution you have.

On Mac OS X

Mac OS X is usually shipped with USB CDC driver pre-installed. When the module is connected, it will appear as a serial port under ‘/dev’ directory. Usually the name will be ‘tty.usbserialportx’. Name may vary with the OS X version you have.

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