Configuring Com Port Properties For Windows - Comtrol DeviceMaster DM-2000 Series Installation And Configuration Manual

Configuring COM Port Properties for Windows

Configuring COM Port Properties for Windows
The following is a COM port properties configuration overview. Use the
User Guide or the NS-Link Help system for detailed configuration information. You can download the NS-Link
User Guide from the download site: http://downloads.comtrol.com.
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
the Ok button.
a. Select the appropriate communications mode.
b. Enable the features that you want to use.
c. Optionally, click the RTS Toggle Options button:
• If your communications application does not toggle
RTS when transmitting in RS-485 mode.
• If you are using an external RS-232 to RS-485
converter, which is attached to a port that is
configured 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 Clone check box to set all of the ports on
this DeviceMaster to these characteristics.
4. Optionally, change the User-Friendly Port Name.
5. If desired, select a different COM Name (COM port number). 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.
6. Click Apply to save these changes.
Note: If you selected RS-422 mode, make sure that there is not a device attached to the port and click Ok.
7. Highlight the next port that you want to configure and perform
8. Refer to Connecting Serial Devices
58 - Device Driver (NS-Link) Installation
on Page 87 to attach your serial device.
DeviceMaster Installation and Configuration Guide: 2000594 Rev. F
DeviceMaster Device Driver (NS-Link)
Steps 1 through 6.