{"id":549,"date":"2020-07-10T07:25:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T07:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/?page_id=549"},"modified":"2025-08-29T00:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T00:44:23","slug":"drivers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"  <div id=\"page-header-425724286\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n        data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center text-center flex-row-col medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Drivers          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\">   <div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/\">\n    <!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.4.1 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to FTDI.\" href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><\/div>\n    <nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb breadcrumbs uppercase\">Home<\/nav><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-425724286 .page-title-inner {\n  min-height: 250px;\n}\n#page-header-425724286 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5_1_1_1_TechnicalSupport_Drivers_Overview.jpg);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-739717289\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-140851432\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1218732726\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-278096275\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-723347708\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_770084678\">\n\t\t<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/QK3G8GJ\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/website_survey.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_770084678 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-464799847\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-199474354\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1810099189\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1082165832\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"menu-drivers-menu-container\"><ul id=\"menu-drivers-menu\" class=\"drivers-menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-679\" class=\"overview-class menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-679\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/drivers\/\">Driver Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-694\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-694\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/drivers\/vcp-drivers\/\">VCP Drivers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-709\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-709\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/drivers\/d2xx-drivers\/\">D2XX Drivers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-710\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-710\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/drivers\/d3xx-drivers\/\">D3XX Drivers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Please note that drivers will be installed automatically via Windows Update if connected to the internet.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CDM2123620_Setup.zip\">click<\/a> to download the Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server driver installer (setup executable) for ease of installation. This contains both VCP and D2XX drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Refer to our <a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/document\/installation-guides\/\">Installation Guides<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>For older OS drivers and installers, see <strong>\u2018No Longer Supported\u2019<\/strong> section on the VCP or D2xx driver pages.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are available which allow FTDI devices to work with the following operating systems:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 84.6236%; height: 234px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 38.3898%; text-align: left;\">Windows Certified<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 28.1726%; text-align: left;\">Others<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 44.0594%; text-align: left;\">Legacy<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\" width=\"190\">Windows 11 (64)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\" width=\"151\">Linux<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows 8 \/ 8.1 (32\/64)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\" width=\"190\">Windows 10 (32\/64)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\" width=\"151\">MacOS<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows 7 (32\/64)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\" width=\"190\">Windows Server 2022<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\" width=\"151\">Android<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows Vista (32\/64)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\" width=\"190\">Windows Server 2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows XP (32\/64)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows 2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows ME<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows 98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows Server 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows Server 2012 R2 x64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows Server 2008 R2 x64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">MAC OS 8\/9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows CE (Version 4.2 and greater)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.3898%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 28.1726%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.0594%;\" width=\"302\">Windows RT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ad1917;\"><strong>VCP or D2xx Drivers<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>For most of these operating systems two types of driver are available: Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers and direct (D2XX) drivers. The VCP driver emulates a standard PC serial port such that the USB device may be communicated with as a standard RS232 device. The D2XX driver allows direct access to a USB device via a DLL interface.<\/p>\n<p>To locate the drivers you want to install for a device, select which of the driver types you wish to use (VCP or D2XX) and then locate the appropriate operating systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ad1917;\">D3XX<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>D3XX drivers are only suitable for FTDI's Superspeed USB bridge services (e.g. FT60x series).<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ad1917;\">FT4222H<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/products\/ft4222h\/\">FT4222H<\/a> requires the <a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/drivers\/d2xx-drivers\/\">D2XX drivers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/software-examples\/ft4222h-software-examples\/\">LibFT4222<\/a> library for operation (no VCP).<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ad1917;\">OS Provided Drivers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/products\/ft260q\/\">FT260<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/products\/ft602q-b\/\">FT602<\/a> use built in OS drivers (no need to install any drivers manually).<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ad1917;\">Custom Drivers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When editing driver INF files, refer to the following document:<a href=\"https:\/\/ftdichip.com\/document\/application-notes\/\">AN_107 Advanced Driver Options.<\/a>\u00a0 Note that for Windows this breaks driver signing. 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