Advantech EKI-1511 Series, User Manual

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The selected settings are displayed in the following Wizard window.
7. Locate the radio button correlating to the target port to modify and click on it to
select it.
Verify the Device Port (EKI-1511 Series device physical serial port) and System
Port (virtual COM port for PC) settings before continuing.
8. Click Finish to complete the process. A Wizard complete! screen displays
indicating the completion of a successful procedure.
5.2.4 Confirming Virtual COM Settings
1. On your desktop, navigate to Start > All Programs > EKI Device Configura -
tion Utility and click Advantech EKI Device Configuration Utility to open the
utility.
2. Locate Serial Ports menu in the menu pane and click on the Expand icon next
to Virtual COM Ports to view a list of the mapped ports.
3. Select a system serial port to view its settings.
Figure 5.9 Serial Port Listing on EKI-1511 Series Device
For the next step, you will need to open the device manager on your system.
Using the Device Manager, you can both view and change the COM port
settings.
4. On your desktop, click on the Start button and then on Control Panel . A
window displays showing all the available control panels.
5. Click on Hardware and Sound (Hardware) . A list of all available hardware
configuration options displays.
Note! The following instructions were developed in a Windows 7 environment;
the Windows XP equivalent is displayed in parentheses (). Instructions
may vary according to the operating system used.