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•
COM PORT
– This is a list of the current serial or USB-serial connections on your PC.
•
BAUD RATE
– This is a list of valid serial port transmission rates.
•
PARITY
– These are compatible data binary formats sent through the serial connection.
PAGE 14 HAS A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS OF CONNECTING TO THE CORRECT COM PORT:
1.
Make sure your system is on and connected. Navigate to
COM PORT
>
PROPERTIES
.
2.
Look at the list and
write down or remember each active connection
.
3.
Exit
PROPERTIES
and
unplug your serial connection to your paging system from the PC end
.
4.
Open
COM PORT
>
PROPERTIES
and check the COM port menu for the missing COM port connection.
5.
Exit
PROPERTIES
again and re-plug your serial connection back into the PC.
6.
Open
COM PORT
>
PROPERTIES
again and chose the COM port that was missing before.
7.
Press the
OPEN COM
button
to detect and connect to the paging system (
fig. 7
).
8.
After acknowledging that your paging system has been detected, press OK to start reading it.
Figure 7: Opening the Port
1
If you have only one COM port or know which port is the correct one, select that port and skip steps 2-6
