Chris,

Can you be a little more specific about
"... the system does not... recognize it's existence..."

Do you mean the PC does not "see" the port or the PC does not "see" the
camera?
When you use the camera software to "hook up" to the camera and download
the pix, what is the error message that you get?
Have you checked your CMOS settings to make sure COMM 2 is turned on?

Answers to these questions, will help us help you.
One last thing..... you can not use the modem and the camera at the same
time.  Well, to be more accurate, you can't use COMM 2 & 4 at the same
time and you can't use COMM1 & 3 at the same time.  (But this probably
isn't your problem.)

Jim Meagher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Blom <[log in to unmask]>


>Hi experts,
>I have a digital camera that needs a 9-pin serial port connection
>to the computer.  My desktop has its mouse connected to the only
>9-pin serial port it owns.  I tried connecting to the 24-pin
>serial port via an adaptor, but that did not work -- the system
>did not seem to recognize its existence.
>
>My question; can one add another 9-pin serial port via an
>expansion card?  And if so, how do you assign a COM port to it?
>(I use COM1 for the mouse and COM4 for my modem.)
>Second question; is there any way to change over to a PS style
>mouse to free the 9-pin serial port for use by the camera?
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
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