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PX Range Product Manual Version 2.0 © Copyright Brainboxes Limited 2010 Page 16 of 37
3. Product Configuration
Note: Images below show a PX-260 4 Port RS232 device as an example. The same steps can be
applied to all other products in the PX PCI Express range.
3.1. Finding your Brainboxes COM port.
• Open Device Manager (Found by Right Clicking on My Computer and clicking Manage. Then Select
Device Manager from the left hand pane.) For Server 2008 users, Device Manager is found within
Diagnostics in Server Manager.
• Find the Brainboxes Serial Port entry in Device manager. (Found under the ‘Ports’ section)
• The Brainboxes Serial Port entry displays the current COM number in brackets after the name. (This
is usually COM3 following install, but may be different if other serial devices have been installed in
the past)
• To change your COM label, see Section 3.2: Changing your COM label