Re: Data transfer from CM436 with Ciclotour

"Riccardo Cesaroni" <cesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:442BFA53.2010707@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Maybe I misunderstand your tip, but I think I have the opposite problem. I
do connect
the CM436 to the PC thru an USB, but the driver creates a link to a virtual
COM port:
the problem is that the COM1-8 ports do not exist on my PC. As far as I
undertsand
this is due to the fact that the PC is not equipped with a serial port. So,
I might rephrase
my question as: how can I fool windows and create a virtual COM port
without having
a real serial port?


The driver for a USB converter should then have a virtual serial port COM#
appear.

If you go into device manager and look at ports, somewhere in its advanced
settings you'll be able to change the number it gets assigned (I'd be
surprised if it wasn't assigned COM1, 3 or 4 already).

Beware that some of the converters cheat a little , and won't work easily on
a PC without a real serial port already. Match the COM port you assign to
the COM port it's looking for in software, and all should be well.


.

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