How to Configure a USB Serial Converter for Windows XP

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Tip 1 - How to change the COM port for a USB Serial adapter on Windows 7

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by denis cox | permalink

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For further reading: http://plugable.com/2011/07/04/how-to-change-the-com-port-for-a-usb-serial-adapter-on-windows-7 ^[1]

Tip 2 - The serial port - software setup

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Amira Irina | permalink

If you are trying to control something in the real world using your computer, the serial port is perhaps the easiest means of communication. I shall w...

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/The-serial-port---software-setup/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Configure usb port for com1

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Giuseppe Lambiase | permalink

I have a HP mini (netbook) - I need to reconfigure a USB port to act as a COM port. I'm trying to hook up a surveying instrument to the netbook and the survey instrument will only pass data (in/out)

For further reading: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283047-45-configure-port-com1 ^[3]