The port configuration dialog is briefly described in the Getting Started page. You will used this dialog to configure how the ECMLink application determines which ports are valid and which are not.
This lists all the ports as they are reported by the operating system. ECMLink has no direct control over this list. It's simply what the OS has listed as available. Sometimes, there will be ports listed there that you know are not valid (IR ports, DB9 ports, etc.) and can never be used to make a connection with the. In that case, you may want to select those ports and hit the Skip button. That will add those ports to the Will skip list so that they will be ignored when the application attempts to connect. This can speed up the connection process if your system happens to have a lot of these.
Lists the ports that the ECMLink application will simply skip over when it tries to search for an ECU connection.
ECMLink is written in Java. It does not have direct access to the operating system's native serial libraries or device notification mechanisms. So it's never specifically told when ports come and go from the system. If you check this box, the application will periodically poll the operating system to determine when ports have been added or removed. This can have some undesireable effects too, though, so it's best to check this box only when you're trying to debug a problem. While the box is checked, the All ports list will dynamically update with port changes as you insert and remove the ECMLink cable (or any other COM port). This can be useful in determining for sure the application can "see" your datalogging cable.
There are some obscure situations (primarily with Windows 98 or Linux) where you may need to manually type in a port ID that you know exists in the system even though the operating system isn't listing it. You do that by entering the port ID into the this field. After that, when you hit OK, that port should show up in the Initial port drop down box in the conenction settings dialog.
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