Paul Hutchinson wrote:

 > TeraTerm can use COM ports up to 16 but,
 > you have to edit the ini file to allow it.
 >
 > In TeraTerm.ini change this setting
 > "MaxComPort=4"
 > to the highest number you need.

Thanks Paul! That did the trick.
Not obvious in any docs I could find.
And what program uses .INI files these days?
How novel to have .INI file that the user can read and
understand and MODIFY (unlike the abomination that is Winblows
registry).
I wonder it this will be a new trend <G>?


steve@tla.co.nz wrote:
> Obviously, there's a catch if the device continually sends data containing 
> an "M", or something that appears as one if it's out of sync or the wrong 
> baud rate, character size, etc.

The GPS navigation data streaming from the
Microsoft (Pharos) USB GPS on com3 does contain "M"s.
Fortunately the driver finds the REAL mouse first.
And it's a 4800 baud, not 1200 as mice use. PS/2 has
no 'baud rate' per se, and is usually scanned for first.

Still doesn't explain why Hyperterm 'cannot open port Com3',
yet CAN open Comm8 correctly. And teraterm now sees everything
I need to debug this app.

> To the OP - Did you know that you can set the COM port number in 
> WinXP through the Device Manager / USB Serial Port / Port Settings / 
> Advanced / ComPort number ?

The drivers supplied by Linksys and D-link do not have this
option since they are multimodal bluetooth hosts. e.g. Serial,
printing, audio, networking, etc. etc.
The com device that gets created on connect has NO options whatever.
Only the bluetooth manager give some access, but the pulldown
list is ONE item.

Can anyone tell me how to 'automagically' make the bluetooh
host connect to the remote whenever the remote powers up?
(It's a 3ETI, but will be something else in production since
they stopped making it).

Having the non-savy users go through 5 to 8 steps to
get the bluetooth manager to connect the port is just
begging for 'finger trouble'. I tried pairing, but that
doesn't seem to work, and there does not seem to be any
way to make a 'persistent' secure connection to a specific
remote. Or Bluetooth APIs for the program (VB.Net) to
call to set up the communication link.

> You can also disable other non-hardware ports to make room.

Unfortunately the bluetooth driver (seems to be a rebadged
Microsoft driver since both D-Link and Linksys look nearly
the same) doesn't seem to understand that.
The various machines have zero to 2 or 3 real serial ports.
The BT serial is always 8 or 11 regardless of how many
'real' ports are present.

> I use the free "Terminal v1.9b by Bray" for general serial stuff. It only 
> goes to COM6 though.

I'll look at it too. It may have a config option like teraterm.

Thanks for the help guys.

Robert
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