NOVUS DigiRail-VA - Manual (Page 15)

DigiRail-VA
NOVUS AUTOAMTION 15/19
DEFINITION AND SELECTION OF SERIAL PORT (COM) - WINDOWS
The serial port associated with DigiRail-VA is automatically defined by the operating system a few moments after
connecting the DigiRail-VA. The user can easily identify or change the COM port associated with DigiRail-VA:
Control Panel / System / Hardware / Device Manager / COM & LPT Ports
Select the device "USB Serial Port" corresponding to the DigiRail-VA and click on "Properties". Select "Port Settings"
guide and click on "Advanced". In the "COM Port Number", select the serial port to be associated with DigiRail-VA.
Some serial ports can be checked while being used (In Use). Just select one of these ports if you know that it is not
being used by another peripheral device on your computer.
In some cases, the serial ports can be checked as in use even when the associated device is no longer installed on your
computer. In this case it is safe to associate this port to DigiRail-VA. The following figure presents the view of the device
manager containing a DigiRail-VA, and the screens showing the property screens where you can reset the associated
COM port.