Portsmith user manual Serial Port Setup, USB Peripheral Setup, Select Properties

To verify that the printer is set up and ready to print from Portsmith Express:

1.Go to your desktop and double-click the My Computer icon.

2.Double-click on Printer.

3.Right-click on the desired printer.

4.Select Properties.

5.Select the Details tab.

6.Verify that printer port is “LPTUSBn” on the Details tab.

Serial Port Setup

To add a new Plug-n-Play modem:

1.Connect the modem to the Portsmith Express unit.

2.Undock and redock the laptop PC (refer to “Hardware Setup” on page 4).

3.Follow the prompts in the Add New Hardware Wizard.

NOTE

The serial port will automatically be assigned a COM number.

You can find the COM number that the system assigned to your serial port by running the Portsmith Express Softdock utility and viewing the serial port information. Refer to “Portsmith Express SoftDock Utility” on page 8 of this manual for more information on viewing peripheral information.

USB Peripheral Setup

NOTE

We recommend that you connect all USB peripherals after you complete the Portsmith Express hardware installation.

To add a new Plug-n-Play USB peripheral:

1.Attach the USB peripheral to the Portsmith Express unit.

2.Follow the prompts in the Add New Hardware Wizard.

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