National Instruments PCI-8430 - Page 68

RecoverUnusedCOMNumbers
WhenserialhardwareisphysicallyremovedfromaWindowssystem
withoutfirstbeingdeletedfromtheoperatingsystem,Windowscontinues
tomarktheCOMnumbersassociatedwiththathardwareas"inuse."
Thisallowsyoutoreinsertthehardwareandhavethoseportskeeptheir
originalCOMnumbers.
TofreeuptheCOMnumberassignmentsthatarenolongerassociated
withhardwarephysicallypresentinthesystem,followthesesteps:
1. LaunchMAX.
2. SelectTools»NI-Serial»RecoverUnusedCOMNumbers.