Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

I will do some research on that device.

As for it showing in the device manager - no that doesnt mean its working right - lots of things can go wrong with serial ports - but testing them means you need a good test app (which I can get you should you need it) and the ability to short pins on the port or on the cable.

I am tweaking this box with win7 at the moment - so give me a bit to research and let me see what I can find.