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Changing the COM Port Number
The assigned serial COM port number can be changed to any available COM
port by using the Device Manager. Open the Device Manager and select
View > Devices by Type
. Expand
Ports (COM & LPT)
in the list to see which port
the converter is assigned to. In the example shown below, the converter is as-
signed to COM3.
Right click on
USB RS485 Serial Converter
and select
Properties
from the pop-up
menu.
On the
Port Settings
tab, click
Advanced
. Drop down the
COM Port Number
list
and select the desired port number. Click
OK
to use the new port number and
close the window.
Click
OK
again to close the Properties window.
Windows Device Manager.
