Step 1- Open the Control Panel in Windows
Go to the START menu in Windows, then SETTINGS .. then CONTROL PANEL. [In XP, the Control Panel might be right on the Start Menu.]
Step 2- Double click on the SYSTEM icon.
Step 3- Go to the HARDWARE tab, and then click the DEVICE MANAGER button. (It will open a new window ... later when we come back to this dialog, click OK to exit.)
Step 4- Under the PORTS, you might find the cable has come in as something like COM5.
Double-click it, or right-click and choose PROPERTIES.
Go to the PORT SETTINGS tab - make sure the BITS PER SECOND = 9600 (if you saw directions on a web page that say any number other than 9600 - that's a mistake ... as of Fall 2007 term!).
Then, click the ADVANCED button
Step 5- Click on COM Port Number - and try to find a number between 1 and 4 that is not being used by the system.
If necessary - use COM1 (even though it will warn you of conflicts)
That's it ... click OK at the bottom of this screen, and then close the various dialogs/windows that we opened.
LOGGER PRO: If you have the interface box connected to the serial port in the back ... and turned on before you start LP..
It will bring up a SCAN box the first time - it should automatically try for COM1, and thus it might just give you a message about being connected {and a REV number for the ULI}. If not, select COM1. It might give an error message the first time ... select COM1 again - it should see it the next time.
DATASTUDIO: As long as you have the COM set to 1-4, DataStudio should be able to find the interface box automatically.