Doran 2200 Series, Instruction Manual

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6. This has installed the serial converter. Another “ Found New Hardware Wizard ”
window will appear to install the COM port emulation driver. Repeat steps 4 and 5.
7. The scale will now appear as a communications (COM) port and can be accessed by
any program capable of interfacing with a COM port. Doran’s Dimension and
Excelerator programs are good examples, as well as Window’s HyperTerminal. To
determine the currently active COM ports, perform the following procedure:
a) Click on Start>Control Panel
b) Double-click on System
c) Click on the Hardware tab at the top of the screen
d) Click on Device Manager
e) Click on the plus sign ( + ) to the left of Ports (COM & LPT)
f) A list of active COM and LPT ports will now be listed. The Doran USB COM
port(s) will be listed as USB Serial Port (COM#) , where # is the number of the
serial port.
8. If your Ethernet cable was unplugged earlier, plug it back in now. If you disabled
your network connection, perform the following procedure:
a) Click on Start>Control Panel
b) Double-click on Network Connections
c) Right-click on your network connection (usually “ Local Area Connection ”)
d) Click on Enable