COM Setting in laptop(Dell D630) for Star Diagnosis


You know, Star diagnostic multiplexer, no matter c3 or c4, requires a laptop with a very specific set of COM ports you must use for it to work. For example you need DAS to be looking at COMx within the VM session, then VMware needs to redirect that to COMx which is a 'physical' serial port on your machine. And here I would like to show you how to do COM setting in your laptop for star diagnostics  

Right click “My Computer” on Desktop to select “Properties”.
 COM Setting

Go to Hardware-> Device Manager.
 
COM Setting
Select Ports (COM & LPT)-> PCI_COM(COM2), and right click PCI_COM(COM2) for Properties.
 
COM Setting
Go to Port Settings.
 COM Setting

Go to Advanced...
 COM Setting

Select “COM2” as COM Port Number in Advanced Setting for COM2.
COM Setting
 

DONE!

NOTE:
Here, as a professional repairman, a laptop Dell D630 for your Star diagnosis would be a good choice for you; I mean, to buy star mux with Dell D630 from seller, pre-install software and all setting you need-mb-- more convenient..
My suggestion:
Dell D630 with C3:
http://www.MBStarTool.com/wholesale/best-quality-mb-star-c3-pro-with-dell-d630-laptop.html