USB to UART...

[PremierD]

Helllooooo out there.. Never posted in this part of DK..Looking for solution or pointers to a problem that I have ...I Have XP pro SP3.. ( old hat I know but relieable for the work I do).. Have A usb device that comes with a USBto UART dEvice Bridge controller software Driver... Try as I might I cannot get it to load up on the COM/LPT port section.... There are no instructions with the software or Hardware for that matter ...But the hardwre bit don't matter..I know how to use it ..Its getting the USB>UART thingy to go where I want it ... Into the COM ports section ..Was told that I may need to go into DOS to do it ..any help would be Really appreciated ...

Thank-you in advance for any help offered..

[chroma]

which device?
a make and model number would be handy.

I had a docking station (dell or hp if i remember correctly) that had usb to serial on it many moons ago that ran via com9 under xp sp3 for reasons i couldnt fathom nor configure.

I was doing some light dreamcast homebrew work at the time and only figured it out by switching the com numbers in my interface software out of sheer frustration and found that 9 magicaly worked (although still the slow crawl via serial that you grow to expect, large elf files took eons)

No explanation, no way to change it, it was 9 or nowt. Nothing even remotely related under device manager, and in the same boat as yourself documentation wise.

Id suggest hooking up a device to test and attempting to go sequentialy through the com range till you find it, its a pain in the ass but the best advice i can give at this juncture.