CH340 CH341 USB to Serial PC Installation

We will be installing a USB to rs485 installation on our computer. The CH340/CH341 USB to the serial port is a 2-wire USB to RS-485 serial communication adapter for RS485 use. It does not require an external power supply or complicated configuration.

It has a Type A (plug) USB connector for the computer side and screw terminals for the RS485 connections. The CH340/CH341 USB to serial device supports multiple baud rates and has a thumb drive design.

Installing the Driver on the PC
Do NOT connect the USB to the RS-485 serial adapter to your PC before installing the driver file.

The CH340/CH341 USB to serial port Windows driver includes DLL dynamic library, non-standard baud rate settings, and other instructions. The driver is Microsoft Certified and is USB 2.0 compliant. It supports 32/64-bit Windows 10/8.1/8/7/VISTA/XP, Server 2016/2012/2008/2003, 2000/ME/98.

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00:00 CH340 CH341 USB to Serial PC Installation
01:26 Download Drivers
01:58 Install the USB to RS485 Serial Driver
02:52 Plug USB into Computer
03:08 Device Manager Com Port Settings
04:01 Uninstall USB to Serial Driver - Device Manager Error USB2.0-Ser! Message
05:24 Node-RED to Solo Process Temperature Controller (RS485)
05:48 Hardware
07:24 Testing our Communication

Go to the following website and download the latest drivers for this device.
http://www.wch-ic.com/downloads/CH341...
The driver file is called CH341SER.ZIP

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