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COM Port Issue

I have a device called a DataSafe2 which provides an interface to allow storing data from a radio control computer transmitter in a file on a PC. The device has a serial port, and I plug it into an adapter that plugs into a UBC port. The adapter is supposed to be on COM 4. The system has worked in the past.

Currently, the computer cannot find the interface device. When I look at the COM Ports in Device Manager, only COM1 and LPT1 show up as having anything on them.

In addition to the DataSafe2 I have a WACOM (not currently plugged in) sketch pad, and a Palm cradle connected via USB.

How do I get my computer to see the COM4 port so I can use the interface?

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eatmeimadanish

the com port on the computer is probably disabled in the bios. Enable it. If it has to be on COM 4 (i am not sure why that would be) then add the port using the add remove hardware option in control panel (may need to add com3 as well)

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