Uniden USB serial port driver (uniden_usbser, 2014)
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WHAT THIS IS
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Uniden USB serial port driver (uniden_usbser, 2014). The signed .inf/.cat
driver that makes a Uniden scanner in USB Serial mode appear as 'Uniden Serial
Port (COMx)'. Uniden publishes the same zip, byte for byte, as
Windows_Serial_Drivers.zip on the BCD536HP page and as
Windows_8.x_Serial_Drivers.zip on the HomePatrol pages.

The .inf carries DriverVer 01/01/2014, version 1.0.0.0. It contains no driver
binary: it points Windows' own usbser.sys at Uniden USB IDs VID_1965 PID_0016
to PID_001A. Uniden attached the HomePatrol copy on 4 February 2014 under the
heading "Serial Drivers for Windows 8" (the HomePatrol-1's ID, PID_0016, is in
the list).

APPLIES TO
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Uniden scanners whose USB Serial mode uses IDs VID_1965 PID_0016 to PID_001A.
Uniden's own pages offer it for the BCD436HP, BCD536HP and HomePatrol; the
SDS100's ID (PID_001A) was posted by a Uniden representative on
RadioReference, and the SDS200's could not be confirmed. HomePatrol Serial
mode needs the paid Extreme upgrade. The INF's comments name Windows XP to
Windows 8; Windows 10 and 11 generally load usbser.sys for such devices
without it.

BEFORE STARTING
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- Only needed for Serial mode. Mass Storage mode (firmware, database and
  Sentinel work) uses Windows' built-in storage driver.
- Unzip the file to a folder the PC can browse to.

CONTENTS OF THIS ZIP
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- Windows_Serial_Drivers.zip (5,538 bytes), the unmodified Uniden
  file. SHA-256:
  7b4f2b26d0d2c75b245cc4af691802979837b6165a6a5a847d51fd36c0581413
  It contains:
    uniden_usbser/uniden_usbser.cat  (7,193 bytes, dated 2014-01-14)
    uniden_usbser/uniden_usbser.inf  (2,974 bytes, dated 2014-01-09)
- README.txt, this file.
- SHA256SUMS, SHA-256 checksums of the files in this zip.

INSTALLATION
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From Uniden's BCD536HP page:

1. Download and unzip the driver.
2. Plug in the scanner with the USB cable and select Serial mode.
3. Right-click the Windows Start icon and select Device Manager.
4. The device shows with a yellow triangle. Right-click it and select Update
   Driver Software.
5. Choose to browse the computer for the driver software.
6. Navigate to the unzipped folder (select uniden_usbser.inf when prompted).

VERIFYING
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Device Manager lists the scanner as "Uniden Serial Port (COMx)", where x is
the assigned port number.

IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG
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- If Windows does not prompt for a driver, use the Device Manager route above.
- Uniden notes some steps differ slightly between Windows versions.

DOWNGRADING
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For Windows XP/Vista/7 with a HomePatrol-1, Uniden also publishes older .inf
files (HomePatrol_Serial_Drivers.zip).

PROVENANCE
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- File: Windows_Serial_Drivers.zip
- Downloaded from:
  https://info.uniden.com/twiki/pub/UnidenMan4/BCD536HP/Windows_Serial_Drivers.zip
- Retrieved: 2026-09-18
- Official page: https://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/UnidenMan4/BCD536HP
- Status: verified (the file was served by Uniden's own server and is
  byte-for-byte unmodified)

MORE INFORMATION
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- BCD536HP Upgrades & Firmware (vol. 5):
  https://scanners.fubsypoly.com/uniden-bcd536hp/vol-5/
- BCD436HP/BCD536HP Owner's Manual in the Reference Library:
  https://scanners.fubsypoly.com/library/uniden-bcd536hp-owners-manual/
- All BCD536HP documents:
  https://scanners.fubsypoly.com/library?node=scanners/uniden-bcd536hp
- Uniden BCD536HP firmware change log:
  https://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/UnidenMan4/BCD536HPFirmwareUpdate
- Uniden BCD436HP firmware change log:
  https://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/UnidenMan4/BCD436HPFirmwareUpdate
- HomePatrol Upgrades & Firmware (vol. 5):
  https://scanners.fubsypoly.com/uniden-homepatrol/vol-5/
- HomePatrol-1 Owner's Manual (v2):
  https://scanners.fubsypoly.com/library/bc-350aom-manual-2/
- HomePatrol-2 Owner's Manual:
  https://scanners.fubsypoly.com/library/uniden-homepatrol-2-owners-manual/
- HomePatrol Extreme Owner's Manual:
  https://scanners.fubsypoly.com/library/uniden-homepatrol-extreme-owners-manual/
- All HomePatrol documents:
  https://scanners.fubsypoly.com/library?node=scanners/uniden-homepatrol
- Uniden HomePatrol-1 update log:
  https://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/HomePatrol/HomePatrolUpdates
- Uniden HomePatrol Extreme update page:
  https://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/HomePatrol/ExtremeUpdate
