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Installing the Drivers for the USB Interface
1. Place the enclosed CD in your computer's CD-ROM
drive.
2. Each version of Windows
different procedures for uploading the driver from
the CD. All versions have a Wizard for adding and
removing hardware, which guides you through
the process.
3. After you click on "Finish" at the end of the process,
the virtual port should be ready to operate.
Windows
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usually adds the virtual port in the
position following your highest-numbered COM
port. For example, on a PC with 4 COM ports, the
virtual interface is added as COM5 (shown in the
Device Manager).
If you use the USB interface with a program that
limits the number of COM port designations (e.g.,
only COM1 through COM4), you may have to assign
one of these port numbers to the new virtual port.
Port numbers are assigned under "Port Settings" in
the Device Manager, opened from (My Computer
Control Panel
System Properties
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