FTDI utilities

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The utilities page contains useful programs that are intended for use by manufacturers. Use of some of these utilities by an end user may result in a device being rendered useless.

Some of the supplied utilities (e.g. MProg) allow manufacturers to program EEPROM contents "on-site" - i.e. a blank EEPROM is soldered onto the PCB and the utility allows the manufacturer to configure and test the product as part of the production and test process.

Microsoft USBView - USB Connection Viewer
USBView is a free utility from Microsoft  that displays the USB connection tree and shows the USB devices that are connected to it together with their configuration data.  This is very useful for debugging USB enumeration errors.  USBView runs under Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP.

USBView is available for download as a .zip file by clicking here.

USBView for Linux - USB Connection Viewer

A version of USBView is available for Linux from http://www.kroah.com/linux-usb/.  As with the Windows version, this displays a connection tree of all the USB devices connected to the PC.

MProg 3.0a - EEPROM Programming Utility

MProg supersedes the FTD2XXST utility and is the current EEPROM programming utility from FTDI.  MProg has the ability to erase, program, read and read and parse the EEPROM contents for FT232R, FT245R, FT2232, FT232B, FT245B, FT8U232AM and FT8U245AM devices.  MProg has a clear user interface for selecting settings and a facility to save EEPROM templates to file which can be loaded later for programming more devices.  Multiple devices may programmed at the same time, thus saving time in manufacturing.  Help files are included and explain all of the features available.  Please note that MProg 3.0a will not work correctly under Windows 98/ME with the latest D2XX drivers (3.1.4).

 

Unlike the FTD2XXST utility, MProg does not contain any test features other than confirming the EEPROM contents have been written correctly.

 

MProg is available for download by clicking here.  MProg requires FTDI's D2XX drivers to run correctly. 

The MProg User Guide is available for download as a .PDF by clicking here.

FTClean - Driver Removal Utility

Uninstalling Windows drivers should always be done by selecting to remove the drivers through the "Add/Remove Programs" utility.  It is possible however, to selectively remove devices with a specific VID and PID combination by running the FTDI uninstaller manually with edited INI files containing the desired VID and PID.  The FTClean utility provides the user with an easy way of running the uninstaller without having to edit INI files.  FTClean generates the required INI files and then runs the uninstaller automatically.

To download FTClean as a .zip file with the uninstaller executable, click here.

FTDI Port Monitor - Vista Gadget

FTDI have provided a simple Windows Vista Sidebar gadget to monitor which FTDI COM ports are available.  The list of ports continuously updates to display a list of the COM port numbers assigned to currently available FTDI devices. 

The gadget can be installed simply by double-clicking the file.

 

VCPTest - Windows CE Test Utility for USB UART Devices

The VCPTest program is intended to show how to communicate with an FTDI device from a Windows CE based system using FTDI's VCP drivers for Windows CE.  It sends and receives data through a loopback connector.

To download the program with C++ source code, click click here.

ST232R - Manufacturing Test Utility and Serialiser for FT232R Devices

The ST232R program is intended for use in a manufacturing test environment.  It has a single button user interface and returns a simple pass or fail for USB - RS232 designs.  The executable version is hard-coded for use with the default VID (0x0403) and PID (0x6001) and must be re-compiled to be used with other VID and PID combinations.  The source code for this program is provided on our C++ Builder examples page.  The test program also requires a special cable to work correctly.

To download the executable, click here.

To download the test cable specification, click here.

FT2232ST - Manufacturing Test Utility and Serialiser for FT2232C Devices

The FT2232ST program is intended for use in a manufacturing test environment.  It has a single button user interface and returns a simple pass or fail for USB - dual RS232 designs.  The executable version is hard-coded for use with the default VID (0x0403) and PID (0x6010) and must be re-compiled to be used with other VID and PID combinations.  The source code for this program is provided on our C++ Builder examples page.  The test program also requires a special cable to work correctly.

To download the executable, click here.

To download the test cable specification, click here.

ST232-245 - Manufacturing Test Utility and Serialiser for FT232BM Devices

The ST232-245 program is intended for use in a manufacturing test environment.  It has a single button user interface and returns a simple pass or fail for USB - RS232 designs.  The executable version is hard-coded for use with the default VID (0x0403) and PID (0x6001) and must be re-compiled to be used with other VID and PID combinations.  The source code for this program is provided on our C++ Builder examples page.  The test program also requires a special cable to work correctly.

To download the executable, click here.

To download the test cable specification, click here.

FTD2XXST - EEPROM Programmer and Test Utility for FT232/FT245 Devices

FTD2XXST is an EEPROM serialiser and testing utility for FT232 and FT245 devices.  FTD2XXST is based on our D2XX drivers and will work on Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP platforms.  The latest release supports the extra features of the FT232BM and FT245BM devices as well as the AM series devices.

Please note that this utility has been superseded by MProg which will also program FT2232C devices.

FTD2XXST is available for download by clicking here.

The FTD2XXST User Guide is available for download as a .PDF by clicking here.

 

E2PROG - EEPROM Programmer and Test Utility for FT8U100AX

E2PROG is our EEPROM serialiser and testing utility for the FT8U100AX only.  It runs on a Windows 98 platform and requires the VCP drivers to be installed prior to use. 

To download the E2PROG utility, click here.

EEPROM Programmer Utility for FreeBSD

Our thanks to Bernd Walter (ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) who has provided a version of our EEPROM serialiser utility for FreeBSD.  It should also run on OpenBSD and NetBSD but has only been tested by the author using FreeBSD.  It is distributed free of charge under a FreeBSD style license and can be downloaded from the author's website at  location http://www.bwct.de/ftdi-eeprom-1.0.tar.gz