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Choosing a different COM port
If a different COM port assignment is desired, manually reassign the COM port.
This reassignment will remain in place after rebooting the PC. The directions to
find the device drivers are slightly different for Win7 and Vista, but the procedure
is similar.
1. Power up the TDR
2. Connect the TDR to the PC with the USB cable.
3. Right click on “My Computer” and click on “Properties”.
4. Click the “Hardware” tab
5. Click the “Device Drivers” button
6. Expand the “Ports” icon
7. Locate which port the TDR connects to (verify this by unplugging the USB
cable from the TDR, then reconnect it)
8. Double click the icon for the TDR COM port
9. Click the “Port Settings” tab.
10. Click the “Advanced…” Button
11. Select the desired COM port. Many of the COM ports may show as “in
use”. If the COM port is NOT connected to a device in use, you may
choose it as your new COM port. Many times the COM ports marked as
“in use” are really idle, but have been allocated to a TDR with a specific
serial number. Since we now ignore the serial number, any of these
previously assigned COM ports are available for use.
Default Locations for data files supplied with ETDR PC Vision (or
… where did Windows put my files???)
Different versions of MS Windows
®
use different locations to install the Cable
Tables and the demo archived trace files supplied with this software. Below are
the paths used by Windows XP
®
, Vista
®
, and Win7
®
. Some of the folder names
may be defined by the user or administrator.
Once you have navigated to where these files are located on you PC’s hard drive
and perform “open” or “save” a file there, PC Vision will remember that location.
ETDR PC Vision will default to that location for future file open/save operations.
If you choose to save your data in a different folder, just copy the demo files
(*.cbl and *.aea files) that came with ETDR PC Vision to your desired folder.
Once you navigate to your chosen folder and save or open a file, that folder
becomes the new default location for ETDR PC Vision file operations.
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Starting at the C: Drive
Starting at the “Vista” folder
C:\Documents and Settings\
C:\Users\Vista\