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Appendix 1 – COM ports in Windows
The COM port is a label used to identify where a peripheral has been attached to a
computer. Serial cables (9-way ‘D’ shaped connectors) are set to COM1 by default, so if a
serial cable is used to connect the C-SCAN to a computer then this defaults to COM1. If a
USB cable is used then a higher COM number is assigned automatically. Within
Dynalog’s software only active COM ports will be displayed, so if the C-SCAN is the only
USB device connected to the computer then only one COM port (in addition to COM1) will
be shown and this can be selected in any of the required programs; DCAPP, Upgrader,
Diagnostics etc.
If, as well as C-SCAN, several devices are connected to a computer then a list of active
COM ports will be available and it can be difficult to know which to select. While in some
instances it may be appropriate to try each one in turn, information about each peripheral
can be obtained from Device Manager in Windows. This can be located in: Start>Control
Panel>System>Device Manager>Ports (COM & LPT). Here, each active COM port is
shown with information about the device.
Fig 18.1 – COM & LPT Ports in Device Manager
For further information on COM ports, refer to your computer user’s manual.
Appendix 2 – Log Sheet Template
Below is a log sheet template which can be printed out for manual recording of samples
during surveys.
