Comports not avaible on win 7

I recently bought a computer with win 7. My other computer has win xp. I
have a weather station that can be viewed on the computer, using a sereal
port. The new computer does not have a serial port. I have 2 cables that are
ubs to serial. Both cables work on the xp computer.

When I installed the weather station on the new computer, I attached the usb
to serial cable. When setting up the weather station, you have to have the
correct comport. You can either check a comport by hand, or have it select
the correct one. There is 18 to select from. The computer cannot find any
comports, It says, no comports availed. I have tried both cables with the
same results. I have tried installing the usb cable in all empty usb slots.

Being new to win 7, I am wondering if the comports are not activated, Is
there a way to activate the comports? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

Bert

Old Geaser wrote:
> I recently bought a computer with win 7. My other computer has win xp. I
> have a weather station that can be viewed on the computer, using a sereal
> port. The new computer does not have a serial port. I have 2 cables that are
> ubs to serial. Both cables work on the xp computer.
>
> When I installed the weather station on the new computer, I attached the usb
> to serial cable. When setting up the weather station, you have to have the
> correct comport. You can either check a comport by hand, or have it select
> the correct one. There is 18 to select from. The computer cannot find any
> comports, It says, no comports availed. I have tried both cables with the
> same results. I have tried installing the usb cable in all empty usb slots.
>
> Being new to win 7, I am wondering if the comports are not activated, Is
> there a way to activate the comports? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
>
> Bert
>
>

If possible, update your weather station software. It's obviously
out of date. I miss my floppy drive, too, but I don't cry about
it, because this is the 21st century.

-Al-

maybe the weather station has new drivers on it's website, maybe?

--
John the West Ham fan


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"Old Geaser" <> wrote in message
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> I recently bought a computer with win 7. My other computer has win xp. I
> have a weather station that can be viewed on the computer, using a sereal
> port. The new computer does not have a serial port. I have 2 cables that
> are ubs to serial. Both cables work on the xp computer.
>
> When I installed the weather station on the new computer, I attached the
> usb to serial cable. When setting up the weather station, you have to
> have the correct comport. You can either check a comport by hand, or have
> it select the correct one. There is 18 to select from. The computer cannot
> find any comports, It says, no comports availed. I have tried both cables
> with the same results. I have tried installing the usb cable in all empty
> usb slots.
>
> Being new to win 7, I am wondering if the comports are not activated, Is
> there a way to activate the comports? Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> Bert
>

Hi

"Old Geaser" <> wrote in message
news:hn8986$gmh$...
> I recently bought a computer with win 7. My other computer has win xp. I
> have a weather station that can be viewed on the computer, using a sereal
> port. The new computer does not have a serial port. I have 2 cables that
> are ubs to serial. Both cables work on the xp computer.
>
> When I installed the weather station on the new computer, I attached the
> usb to serial cable. When setting up the weather station, you have to
> have the correct comport. You can either check a comport by hand, or have
> it select the correct one. There is 18 to select from. The computer cannot
> find any comports, It says, no comports availed. I have tried both cables
> with the same results. I have tried installing the usb cable in all empty
> usb slots.
>
> Being new to win 7, I am wondering if the comports are not activated, Is
> there a way to activate the comports? Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> Bert

I use a USB to serial adapter which works fine on W7

When plugged in it searches windows update installs its
drivers and gives me a COM 3 port.

Have a look at
http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/Eva...USB-Serial.htm

Regards

"housetrained" <> wrote in message
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> maybe the weather station has new drivers on it's website, maybe?
>
> --
> John the West Ham fan
>
>
> <><
>
>
> "Old Geaser" <> wrote in message
> news:hn8986$gmh$...
>> I recently bought a computer with win 7. My other computer has win xp. I
>> have a weather station that can be viewed on the computer, using a sereal
>> port. The new computer does not have a serial port. I have 2 cables that
>> are ubs to serial. Both cables work on the xp computer.
>>
>> When I installed the weather station on the new computer, I attached the
>> usb to serial cable. When setting up the weather station, you have to
>> have the correct comport. You can either check a comport by hand, or have
>> it select the correct one. There is 18 to select from. The computer
>> cannot find any comports, It says, no comports availed. I have tried both
>> cables with the same results. I have tried installing the usb cable in
>> all empty usb slots.
>>
>> Being new to win 7, I am wondering if the comports are not activated, Is
>> there a way to activate the comports? Any help will be appreciated.
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bert
>>

Check your BIOS and make sure that the Com ports are enabled.

Regards, Rene

"Old Geaser" <> wrote in message
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>I recently bought a computer with win 7. My other computer has win xp. I
>have a weather station that can be viewed on the computer, using a sereal
>port. The new computer does not have a serial port. I have 2 cables that
>are ubs to serial. Both cables work on the xp computer.
>
> When I installed the weather station on the new computer, I attached the
> usb to serial cable. When setting up the weather station, you have to
> have the correct comport. You can either check a comport by hand, or have
> it select the correct one. There is 18 to select from. The computer cannot
> find any comports, It says, no comports availed. I have tried both cables
> with the same results. I have tried installing the usb cable in all empty
> usb slots.
>
> Being new to win 7, I am wondering if the comports are not activated, Is
> there a way to activate the comports? Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks


You have to configure the USB to serial adapters first. Possibly even load
the driver if that's not happening automatically. Check with the maker of
the USB adapter for drivers and/or instructions. Once the USB adapter is
properly emulating a comm port, the weather station software should
work/configure just as before.

"Old Geaser" <> wrote:

>I recently bought a computer with win 7. My other computer has win xp. I
>have a weather station that can be viewed on the computer, using a sereal
>port. The new computer does not have a serial port. I have 2 cables that are
>ubs to serial. Both cables work on the xp computer.
>
>When I installed the weather station on the new computer, I attached the usb
>to serial cable. When setting up the weather station, you have to have the
>correct comport. You can either check a comport by hand, or have it select
>the correct one. There is 18 to select from. The computer cannot find any
>comports, It says, no comports availed. I have tried both cables with the
>same results. I have tried installing the usb cable in all empty usb slots.

It's not an OS question, it's a hardware question. Your computer has
no serial (COM) ports. You have a cable that will plug into a USB port
and present a serial port at the other end, which you can plug your
weather station into. Fine, but you pretty surely have to load a
driver for that port emulator, not just plug the cable in. When you
bought it, it must have come with a disk of some kind that had the
driver. You could also go to the web site of the manufacturer and
download the driver from there. Once that driver is installed, your
computer will think that it has a COM port, and your weather station
will be able to find it.

--
Tim Slattery

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Thanks to those that offered this old man some advice. I found the problem
to be the serial cable software was not compatible with win 7. I have
ordered a cable and software that is compatible with win 7.

I never can understand why some people reply to inquiries like this with
sarcastic replies. I guess they like to hear their head rattle, Get a
life,

Bert


"Old Geaser" <> wrote in message
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>I recently bought a computer with win 7. My other computer has win xp. I
>have a weather station that can be viewed on the computer, using a sereal
>port. The new computer does not have a serial port. I have 2 cables that
>are ubs to serial. Both cables work on the xp computer.
>
> When I installed the weather station on the new computer, I attached the
> usb to serial cable. When setting up the weather station, you have to
> have the correct comport. You can either check a comport by hand, or have
> it select the correct one. There is 18 to select from. The computer cannot
> find any comports, It says, no comports availed. I have tried both cables
> with the same results. I have tried installing the usb cable in all empty
> usb slots.
>
> Being new to win 7, I am wondering if the comports are not activated, Is
> there a way to activate the comports? Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> Bert
>

"Old Geaser" <> wrote in
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> I recently bought a computer with win 7. My other computer has win xp.
> I have a weather station that can be viewed on the computer, using a
> sereal port. The new computer does not have a serial port. I have 2
> cables that are ubs to serial. Both cables work on the xp computer.

<SNIP>

Your PC may actually have serial port on it. The last 3 motherboards I
bought over the last year, while they didn't have a DB9 on the back panel
for a serial port, there was a 2x10 header on the MB for it !!!

All you would need then would be something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...00515&cm_re=10
_pin_db9-_-12-200-515-_-Product

I had one laying around.

I understand you have already purchased the USB-(fake)RS232 adapter, so
the point is moot, but it would be interesting to see if your MB has one.
You can either take the cover off, or just boot into the BIOS setup and
look under 'Built-In Peripherals' or whatever your MB would call it.

For instance......the MSI P55M-GD45 motherboard lists this....

(http://us.msi.com/index.php?func=pro...1&prod_no=1890)
(I just picked this MB of the first page of NewEgg MBs.)

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 2 x eSATA ports
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 10 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack

But then there's another category......

Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / System x 2 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 6 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port
- 1 x Power Button
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Parallel port connector

Note that it has both a serial *AND* a parallel port internally !!!!!!

So, to summarize.........while it's true that almost all motherboards
sold now do not have a serial port connector on the back, it's my guess
that the majority still have an internal serial port.

"Rene Lamontagne" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "housetrained" <> wrote in message
> news:4b97a988$0$2606$...
>> maybe the weather station has new drivers on it's website, maybe?
>>
>> --
>> John the West Ham fan
>>
>>
>> <><
>>
>>
>> "Old Geaser" <> wrote in message
>> news:hn8986$gmh$...
>>> I recently bought a computer with win 7. My other computer has win xp. I
>>> have a weather station that can be viewed on the computer, using a
>>> sereal port. The new computer does not have a serial port. I have 2
>>> cables that are ubs to serial. Both cables work on the xp computer.
>>>
>>> When I installed the weather station on the new computer, I attached the
>>> usb to serial cable. When setting up the weather station, you have to
>>> have the correct comport. You can either check a comport by hand, or
>>> have it select the correct one. There is 18 to select from. The computer
>>> cannot find any comports, It says, no comports availed. I have tried
>>> both cables with the same results. I have tried installing the usb cable
>>> in all empty usb slots.
>>>
>>> Being new to win 7, I am wondering if the comports are not activated, Is
>>> there a way to activate the comports? Any help will be appreciated.
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Bert
>>>
>
> Check your BIOS and make sure that the Com ports are enabled.
>
> Regards, Rene
>
>
Good point, while there also check to make sure each one is assigned the
correct address. It's possible they got mixed up.
Dave