Nick Green Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Just wondering if anyone can help me on this: If I am using a USB-Serial converter to talk to the Emerald, which number COM port should I select ? Is it a standard thing or a matter of testing them all ? Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Try them all. MIne is number 3 or 4 (I think) Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Pearce Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 After you have plugged the converter in (and any device drivers required have installed) you can go to Device Manager (Start/Control Panel/System/Hardware tab/Device manager) and open the Ports icon. You should be asily able to identify the converter. On mine it says "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port(COM11)" If you want to map it to different port number then right click it, select properties and go to the Port Settings tab. Click the Advanced button and you will be able to select any port number that is not already in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Green Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hmmm... Trouble is each time I get it wrong, I need to reboot the computer before I can get it to run again. Which is a bit of a pain. Plus it doesn't seem to show up in Add/Remove Programs which is very odd. Unless I need to put my glasses on... Thanks for the detail Ray. You posted while I was whinging. Edited by - Nick Green on 19 Jan 2009 21:26:39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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