POEM BY NARI SERIAL PORTS

Poem by Nari
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Specifying Basic Serial-Port Settings

Use the Settings dialog box to specify the baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits, and flow-control settings for the selected serial port.

To specify serial-port settings

1 In the Control Panel window, choose the Ports icon.
2 Double-click the port you want to use. Or press TAB to select the port, and then press ALT+S to choose the Settings button.
3 Change any settings you want.
4 Choose the OK button.
5 In the Ports dialog box, choose the Close button.

Specifying Advanced Serial-Port Settings

Use the Advanced Settings dialog box to specify an base I/O port address and an interrupt request line (IRQ) for your serial port.

To set advanced port options

1 In the Control Panel window, choose the Ports icon.
2 Double-click the port you want to use. Or press TAB to select the port, and then press ALT+S to choose the Settings button.
3 Choose the Advanced button.
4 Change the base I/O port address if your serial-port hardware uses address values other than the values that Windows for Workgroups detects.
5 If you are using a computer that cannot access COM1 and COM3 or COM2 and COM4 simultaneously, and you want to use these ports, specify a unique IRQ number for each port. Make sure the IRQ address you specify is not being used already.
6 Choose the OK button. Any changes you make will not take effect until you restart Windows for Workgroups.
7 To make your changes take effect now, choose the Restart Now button.

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