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Using The Keyspan Serial Port Overview Of Using Serial Devices with Serial Ports Using a serial device with any serial port requires: • [hardware] serial device (ie a modem, glucose meter, GPS, etc). • [software] software that sends/receives data from your serial device (ie your GPS software). • [hardware] a serial port (provided by your Keyspan adapter). • [software] a COM port provided by the Keyspan software. • [setup] your serial device's software needs to be told to use the Keyspan COM port. This chapter will show you how to use the Keyspan adapter hardware and software. It will also provide an overview of how to setup your serial device. Note: Please note that this chapter assumes that you have completed the steps outlined in the Software and Hardware Installation section earlier in this manual. Connecting and Configuring A Serial Device To Use A Keyspan Adapter The basic outline to connecting and configuring your serial device to use the Keyspan are: 1. Connect your Keyspan adapter to your computer's USB port. 2. Connect your serial device to the Keyspan adapter. 3. Determine the Keyspan COM port via the Keyspan Serial Assistant 4. Open your serial device's software and tell that software to use the Keyspan COM port 5. Tell you serial device's software to 'communicate' with the serial device (ie start using the serial device like you would normally. For example, if your Keyspan adapter is assigned to COM6, you need to tell your serial device's software to use COM6. The serial device's software is the program that you run to send/receive data from your serial device. This is where you need tell that program to use the Keyspan COM port. Please refer to your software's instruction manual for information on how to select a COM port. Important Note: If you find your program's COM port selection screen and find that it does not allow you to select the Keyspan COM port because its port selection screen is limited (ie your software only shows COM1 through COM4 but your adapter is on COM8), you will need to change the Keyspan COM port address. Please read the Changing Your COM Port Address section later in this manual. Once you have installed the Keyspan software and connected the Keyspan adapter [hardware] to your computer, you are ready to connect your serial device hardware to the Keyspan adapter's DB9 port. 1. Connect your serial device's cable to the Keyspan adapter's DB9 port. USA-19HS - User Manual Page 5 of 30