Instruction Manual

30 - Device Driver Installation DeviceMaster 500 User Guide: 2000501 Rev. A
Device Driver Installation
Configuring COM Port Properties for Windows
The following is a COM port properties configuration overview. Use the NS-Link
User Guide for Windows (also available on the CD) or the NS-Link Help system for
detailed configuration information.
1. Access the Properties page for the DeviceMaster 500.
a. Right-click My Computer or Computer, click Manage, and then highlight
Device Manager.
b. Expand the Multi-port serial adapters entry, right-click the DeviceMaster
500 you want to configure, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Port Setting tab.
3. Highlight the COM port that you want to configure and click Properties.
4. Complete the screen appropriately for the serial device that you plan on
connecting to the port and click Ok.
If connecting a SICK LMS
scanner, configure the
appropriate COM port on
the DeviceMaster 500 to
use RS-422 mode.
Note: If you do not
require 500K
baud and you are
using an RS-232
cable, do not
configure the port
to use RS-422
mode.
5. Click Ok to close the
DeviceMaster 500
property page.
6. Close the Device
Manager.
7. Refer to Completing the
SICK LMS Scanner
Installation on Page 31
or Connecting Serial
Devices on Page 33 to
attach your serial device.