In order to set it up, first you have to find it on your computer. Long long ago, almost all computers had two serial ports, called 'COM1' and 'COM2', one a with a nine pin and the other with a 25 pin connector.
Now times have changed and the serial port has vanished.
Don't give up hope, however. The USB to serial converter has arrived, and it can be used instead. It is usually a dongle which plugs into a USB port, with a nine pin male connecter at the other end.
On my desktop computer, the motherboard has two built in serial ports. The third seial port, here labelled COM4, belongs to the USB to serial adapter I have plugged in.
So, to find the serial port on your computer, scout around its back. If you find a nine pin male connector (two rows, five and four, pins sticking out inside a metal shell) it has a serial port built in.
Or get a USB to serial converter and plug it in.
Open up Device Manager. Right click on 'My Computer' and select properties (at the bottom of the list that pops up). Click on the 'Hardware' tab. Click on the 'Device Manager' button and a something similiar to this picture should appear.
Click on the '+' sign on the left of the 'Ports (COM & LPT) to expand it. The list of printer and Serial ports available will be shown. Make a note of those, you will need them in the steps that follow.
Now times have changed and the serial port has vanished.
Don't give up hope, however. The USB to serial converter has arrived, and it can be used instead. It is usually a dongle which plugs into a USB port, with a nine pin male connecter at the other end.
On my desktop computer, the motherboard has two built in serial ports. The third seial port, here labelled COM4, belongs to the USB to serial adapter I have plugged in.
So, to find the serial port on your computer, scout around its back. If you find a nine pin male connector (two rows, five and four, pins sticking out inside a metal shell) it has a serial port built in.
Or get a USB to serial converter and plug it in.
Open up Device Manager. Right click on 'My Computer' and select properties (at the bottom of the list that pops up). Click on the 'Hardware' tab. Click on the 'Device Manager' button and a something similiar to this picture should appear.
Click on the '+' sign on the left of the 'Ports (COM & LPT) to expand it. The list of printer and Serial ports available will be shown. Make a note of those, you will need them in the steps that follow.
Repeat the same for Mice and other pointing devices.If the issue persists then update to the latest Keyboard drivers from the manufacturer website and check if it helps.Hope this helps. Restart the computer, the drivers will get automatically installed on your Windows 10.7. Click on Uninstall button.6. It will show you the device driver name,select that device and then right click on it.4. Asus atk keyboard driver. Let us know if need further assistance with Windows.
Serial Port Communication Software Windows 7
Currently we have Windows 7 computers setup with our Mazak CNC machines. We have a serial cable connecting directly to a windows 7 computer and the other end of the rs232 cable plugged into the Mazak machine. In our software we use communication has ceased between the computer and machine. Since the Port number is assigned by Windows when you connect a serial port, and released when you disconnect it, there would be no advantage in setting all ports to COM1. If two ports were set to COM1 and in use at the same time, this would cause problems, because one serial device would overwrite the information from the other in memory. Current versions of PuTTY can connect using a serial port. The PuTTY fork KiTTy supports serial comms too and has some nice features that PuTTY lacks. Tera Term is a good alternative to HyperTerminal - it's old but works fine on W7 - in fact, I was using it this afternoon on W7 (64-bit) to test an old modem on COM1.