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  1. Jun 16th, 2008, 08:45 PM #1
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    USB and Com Port

    Hi guys,

    I have a device connected to the PC using USB, is it possible for the PC to assign this to a Com Port (I don't exactly know the term to be used, I hope the idea gets there).

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    Re: USB and Com Port

    If you're not sure how to use the word for the idea, try explaining the idea in more detail.
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    Re: USB and Com Port

    Are you talking about Windows auto-detecting the presence of the USB device, and then doing something with it?
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    Re: USB and Com Port

    What are you trying to do? If you have a device with a USB connection, then there is no simple way to connect it to a COM port without some kind of hardware converter (I kinda doubt this is wht you are trying to do but ... ?).
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    Re: USB and Com Port

    Not normally charmed. That's a function of the driver for the USB device. Some "USB" devices are nothing more than old Serial Port devices with a built-in adapter. Usually, when they write a driver for these devices, the driver installs a virtual COM port in Windows to point to the USB device.

    There's no way to arbitrarily just assign a Windows COM port to any-old USB device though.
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