Comtrol RocketPort 550 uPCI Windows 98 - Manual (Page 6)

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5. View the COM names allocated to the RocketPort
550/RocketPort 550 Universal
Windows allocates the COM port names. To view the allocated COM ports proceed as
follows:-
1. Right Click the My Computer icon of the desktop
2. Select Properties from the pop up menu
3.
Click the Device Manager tab
4. Click +Ports (COM & LPT). You can now see the allocated COM ports
5.
Click OK to close the window
6. Verifying operation
A test application, called WCOM32 will have been extracted to the folder
c:\Comtrol\Programs\RP550W98 Simply double click the WCOM32 icon to run the
program.
WCOM32 is a Windows 32 MDI application and may be used as a confidence test of
the COM ports.
WCOM32 allows you to open a com port, send and receive data, toggle O/P modem
signals and view the status of I/P modem signals.
On line help is available.
Please note that WCOM32 was originally written for use with the original RocketPort
ASIC based controllers. It can be used with the UART based RocketPort 550 range but
features specific to the RocketPort ASIC based controllers are not supported.
Note for Hyperterminal users
The Hyperterminal communications program, supplied with Windows 98, will only work With COM1
to COM4. This is a restriction of the Hyperterminal implementation.