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Usb-to-serial adapters – Grass Valley UniConfi NVISION Series v.2.0 User Manual

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User’s Guide

USB-to-Serial Adapters

Older PCs have one or more DE9 COM ports. Newer PCs do not have them.

You can obtain a USB-to-serial conversion kit. With the software in the kit, a USB port acts a serial
port.

Following is one solution.

Obtain a USB-to-Serial-Value kit from SIIG, Inc. (www.siig.com). The kit includes a software CD
and a USB-to-DE9 cable.

Install their driver. The driver (software) will perform USB-to-serial conversion.

After loading the software, determine which COM ports are available:

1 Go to the Windows System Properties dialog: