Toughbook serial port mapping

[Mike Cook]

Toughbook CF-31 has one serial port (DB-9) and two USB ports. How can I know
which com port the RS232 port is mapped to?

This is running XP SP2.

Thanks.

[Les Cargill]

Post by Mike Cook
Toughbook CF-31 has one serial port (DB-9) and two USB ports. How can I know
which com port the RS232 port is mapped to?
This is running XP SP2.
Thanks.

There will be a description in Device Mangler. If nothing else,
use PuTTY and a paper clip and short 2&3 together on each
port until you see loopback.

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Les Cargill

[VanguardLH]

Post by Mike Cook
Toughbook CF-31 has one serial port (DB-9) and two USB ports. How can I know
which com port the RS232 port is mapped to?
This is running XP SP2.

See:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/devmgr_changing_port_settings.mspx?mfr=true

You posted to:
alt.comp.microsoft.windows
alt.windows
comp.os.ms-windows.misc
comp.windows.misc

You are using Windows XP. The Windows XP newsgroups are over at:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.*

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[Deanna Earley]

Post by Mike Cook
Toughbook CF-31 has one serial port (DB-9) and two USB ports. How can I know
which com port the RS232 port is mapped to?

Unless you have a USB to serial port device connected to one of the USB
ports, it will be the only COM port, most likely COM1.

USB ports are not usable, or even comparable to COM ports directly.
For COM over USB, you will need a converter which appears as an extra
device.

[Mike Cook]

Post by Deanna Earley
Unless you have a USB to serial port device connected to one of the USB
ports, it will be the only COM port, most likely COM1.
USB ports are not usable, or even comparable to COM ports directly.
For COM over USB, you will need a converter which appears as an extra
device.

I want to use the RS232 port not the USB's. So COM1 it looks like?

Thanks.