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MCP2210 Configurator (mcp2210-conf) is an application that allows you to fully configure MCP2210 devices, including VID, PID, and other descriptors, as well as pin functions and states.
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This package contains all the necessary files and scripts to install MCP2210 Configurator (a graphical application that can be used to configure blank MCP2210 devices). The scripts included here are compatible with most 32-bit and 64-bit Debian based operating systems (e.g. Kubuntu, etc). Prior to installation, you must certify that your system is Debian based (or at least uses apt-get) and that you have an active Internet connection.

A list of the included scripts follows: – install-rules.sh; – install.sh; – uninstall-rules.sh; – uninstall.sh.

In order to compile and install MCP2210 Configurator for the first time, all you have to do is to run "install.sh" by invoking "sudo ./install.sh" on a terminal window, after changing your working directory to the current one. This script will first obtain and install the required "build-essential", "libusb-1.0-0-dev" and "qt5-default"/"qtbase5-dev" packages (if they are not installed yet). Then it will compile the application and move it to "/usr/local/bin/".

The above mentioned installation script won't create any rules to access Silicon Labs devices. If you don't have equivalent rules for accessing such devices (with VID 0x04d8), you must run "install-rules.sh" too, which should be done by invoking "sudo ./install-rules.sh".

To uninstall, you should run "uninstall.sh" by invoking "sudo ./uninstall.sh", again on a terminal window after making sure that your working directory is this one. This will delete the previously installed application and source code. However it won't remove the packages mentioned above, since they could be already installed before the first installation. This script will also not remove the previously created rules (if applicable) and, therefore, you should run "uninstall-rules.sh" by invoking "sudo ./uninstall-rules.sh" if you wish to do so.

P.S.: Since the application was designed having KDE in mind, you should get the best rendering on Kubuntu and other Debian based systems that employ the above desktop environment. However, the application can be perfectly used on systems that have other desktop environments (e.g. Gnome, Xfce).