Manual

38 - Device Driver (NS-Link) Installation

DeviceMaster LT User Guide: 2000586 Rev. B

Configuring COM Port Properties for Windows

The following is a COM port properties configuration overview. Use the

DeviceMaster Device Driver (NS-Link) User Guide

(also available on the CD) or the

NS-Link Help system for detailed configuration information.

1. Highlight the first port you want to configure.

2. Complete the screen appropriately for the serial device that you plan on

connecting to the port and click Ok.

a. Select the appropriate communication

s mode.

b. Enable the features that you want to use.

c. Optionally, click the RT

Toggle Options button:

• If your communication

application does not toggle

RTS when

tran

smitting in

RS-

485 mode.

• If you are usin

g an

external RS-232 to RS-485

converter, which is

attached

to a port that

conf

igured for RS-232.

d. Click the appropriate options

for your

environment.

e. Click OK to

save the changes and return to the port General tab.

3. If desired, click the C

lone check box to set all of the ports on this DeviceMaster

T to these characteristics.

4. Optionally, change the User

-Friendly Port Name.

5. If desired, select a different COM Name (COM port numb

er). The drop-down

list displays (in use) next to COM port numbers that are already in use in this

system. Do not duplicate COM port numbers as this will cause the ports to not

function.