Physiological data acquisition via USB

[Timothy Miller]

>On Apr 11, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Mr D Glasgow wrote:
>
>>If that changes, and you are reading this in the archive, drop me a 
>>line.  (Unless it is after 2010  when I won't be that interested 
>>any more, and USB will have gone the way of.....well everything in 
>>the world of computer connectivity)
>
>Some USB devices for DAQ look just like a serial device.  This might 
>not be the case for yours, but it might.  If so, it would look like, 
>say, COM5: on Windows.
>
>Dar Scott
>
>--


I recently discovered that USB ports in Windows (probly macintosh 
too) are highly configurable. Click on the hardware tab in the system 
control panel, find the com ports item, open it, double click on the 
com port you want to use. Lotsa configurations there.

Nevertheless, I recently tried to program a biomedical device with a 
9 pin serial port, using a USB-->serial adaptor, on Windows XP. As 
far as I can tell, I did everything right. It still didn't work. 
Possibly the problem lay with the programming software rather than 
the com port. Maybe you'll have better luck.

I missed the front end of this thread, so I'm just guessing at the 
original question. I hope I wasn't too far off. If I was, well, never 
mind.

TM