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6: . PCAP II PLUS CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS
6.1: CONFIGURING PCAP II FOR DIFFERENT COM PORTS
WARNING: Should you choose to share a single COM port connection on your computer with a
PDA, e.g. a Palm Pilot, connecting each to the COM port only when needed, be sure to shut down
any “Hot Sync” manager application that might be running before attempting to run the PCAP II
Plus Master Control software. Otherwise communication with the PCAP II Plus will fail due to
conflict with the Hot Sync manager.
The PCAP II Plus Master Control software is factory-configured to communicate with the external
processor over RS232 communications port #1 (COM1). This will work for the vast majority of
modern PC systems. However, in some cases where COM1 is not available, it may be necessary to
reconfigure the software to operate on a different COM port as follows:
1. On the PCAP II Plus Master Control menu bar, click on the "Settings" menu bar
option.
2. When the pulldown menu appears, click on "Com Port". The display will now appear
as follows (Figure 6-1).
3. Now click on the desired COM port. After clicking the desired COM port again
click on the "Settings" menu bar option and then click on "Connect to PCAP II
Plus". If any error messages appear, then you have misidentified the COM port.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 until the message "Connected COM x" appears in the
Communications Box. Once it does, proper communication has been achieved.
Figure 6-1 Com Port Selection Menu