<div dir="ltr">The Windows Device Manager (you may need to open the Control Panel and search for that item) will give you a handy list of COM ports. Bring up Device Manager, note the COM ports listed, plug the cable in, refresh the DM display if needed, and you should see it, either under COM ports or as a change in the list of USB items.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 11:13 AM Deb Cuddhy <<a href="mailto:cuddhyd@gmail.com">cuddhyd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I have no idea what my laptop Microsoft 10 recognizes as my port. Is there a way to know?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 2:14 PM Stephen Hersey <<a href="mailto:n1xnxham@gmail.com" target="_blank">n1xnxham@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>This bit might not be obvious; if your operating system recognizes the cable as a serial COM port device, that's all you need on the OS side. After that, it's a matter of telling CHIRP what radio and what COM port to use.</div><div><br></div><div>Steve</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Steve Hersey N1XNX <br><a href="mailto:n1xnxham@gmail.com" target="_blank">n1xnxham@gmail.com</a><br>-----<br></div>"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Clarke's Third Law<br></div>"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Benford's Corollary</div><div dir="ltr">"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- Charles Stross, <i>Dead Lies Dreaming</i><br>“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” -- Terry Pratchett<span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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