Re: Manage COM Ports not listed in Device Manager

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 05/23/04 

Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 17:41:57 -0500

I suggest you contact the maker of the device for tech
support, it certainly is not a MS Windows XP issue or even a
Dell issue.

You might look for some alternate device that does work
rather than trying to invent the wheel. 

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"JRW" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B5C3B8CA-995F-43B4-A5B3-B7C62B2D6711@microsoft.com...
| Sorry, but like I stated, this is a highly specialized
system that uses USB to connect a camera by assigning a
modem to COM3.  Since my COM3 is being used by some phantom
device, I can't connect as it is designed to do.  IRFanview
will be totally useless with this particular application.
|
|      ----- Jim Macklin wrote: -----
|
|      USB is USB and not any COM port.  XP software can
connect to
|      most cameras and you can get a program called
IRFanview
|      http://www.irfanview.com/ to interface with many
cameras and
|      video sources.
|
|
|      -- 
|      The people think the Constitution protects their
rights;
|      But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
|
|
|      "JRW" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
|
news:CFF9E820-2BA6-4F45-9483-F9BD3154BCA2@microsoft.com...
|      | I am attempting to connect a digital image camera
by USB
|      and this particular camera has to utilize COM3 to
function
|      properly.  It is a specialty camera with its own
connection
|      software and will not work with any other
application.
|      |
|      |      ----- Jim Macklin wrote: -----
|      |
|      |      Why not ask Dell support?
|      |
|      |      Your internal modem can connect to the
Internet, it
|      can fax
|      |      and it may have other functions, each might
involve
|      using a
|      |      different COM port setup.
|      |
|      |      What device are you attempting to connect?
|      |
|      |
|      |      -- 
|      |      The people think the Constitution protects
their
|      rights;
|      |      But government sees it as an obstacle to be
overcome.
|      |
|      |
|      |      "JRW" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in
|      message
|      |
|
news:AD9C2AD6-FBA7-437B-9ADF-BF43768924C7@microsoft.com...
|      |      | This message was originally posted on
5/08/04 and
|      nobody
|      |      has responded. Surely somebody has encountered
|      similar
|      |      problems!
|      |      |
|      |      | My DELL Inspiron 8200 with Windows XP
Professional
|      SP1 is
|      |      experiencing COM port problems.  In Device
Manager
|      only one
|      |      modem is indicated and that is the internal
modem in
|      my
|      |      computer.  I have attempted to install another
device
|      using
|      |      COM ports and when I try to assign a COM port
my
|      system
|      |      shows COM ports 1 through 6 all being used.
When I
|      use
|      |      "Advanced System Information" to check the
system it
|      shows
|      |      multiple modems set up using COM ports 1
through 6.
|      My
|      |      internal modem is one of those, but the rest
do not
|      exist as
|      |      far as I can determine.  How can I get rid of
the
|      phantom
|      |      modems that I can see in "Advanced System
|      Information" but
|      |      don't show up in "Device Manager"?
|      |      |
|      |
|      |
|      |
|
|
|

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