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3.3 USB
The
ARF/XRF
can be directly connected to a host computer using a
USB cable (type A-male). The device will appear as a Virtual
port - a fast serial port that behaves like an
The required
STM32 Virtual COM Port Driver
available from the
system. After installation, the
port on the machine.
To determine the port number of the device, go to Device Manager
(Start, then type Device Manager into the Search box). You should
see a list of devices including "Ports" (Figure 3.2).
Figure 3.2: Screenshot of Device Manager, showing that the
communicated with using COM4. The port number might change when
plugging into a different
The device can be identified as a COM port with the following name,
STMicroelectronics Virtual COM Port (COMxx)
where xx is a number (typically between 4 and 15). In the example
above, the device was installed as COM4.
MOGL
abs website for the Windows
ARF/XRF
USB
port, or after applying a firmware update.
Chapter 3. Communications
RS232
connection.
(
VCP
) device driver is
TM
will appear as a new
ARF
COM
operating
COM
can be
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