{"id":5444,"date":"2024-05-16T11:40:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T09:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.primalucelab.it\/blog\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=5444"},"modified":"2025-01-31T12:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:01:29","slug":"how-to-use-eagle-manager-x-and-simplify-devices-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.primalucelab.com\/blog\/support\/how-to-use-eagle-manager-x-and-simplify-devices-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use EAGLE Manager X and simplify devices connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The EAGLE computer is able to control many devices and this is very important in modern days since your astrophotography telescope may be composed by more electronic accessories: imaging camera, auto guider, motorised focuser, rotator, motorised filter wheel, flat field generator, telescope cover motor, dome, etc. Most of these (usually all except cameras) are \u201cserial devices\u201d that communicate with computers by sending data with a “serial” standard (like the RS-232). But modern Windows computers (and the EAGLE too) have not serial ports (like COM1, COM2), so the serial device has to be connected to computer\u2019s USB port and communicate through a \u201cvirtual\u201d COM port by using a driver that creates a COM port (e.g., COM3, COM4). Since definition of COM port number is requested in most astrophotography softwares (that needs to know what COM port is associated to every device), this is a very important factor. But the EAGLE Manager X allows you to easily keep track of all devices connectivity, let\u2019s see how.<\/p>\n

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First of all, when you connect a serial device (like a ESATTO focuser) to the USB port of your EAGLE, Windows automatically load a piece of software called “driver” to understand how to communicate with the serial device through the USB port. This driver creates a virtual COM port (e.g., COM3, COM4) on your computer and acts just like a traditional COM port, but it’s using the USB connection instead. You can easily check this by going to Control Panel, then selecting Device Manager and expand the \u201cPorts (COM & LPT)\u201d devices. In the screenshot below, we connected an ESATTO focuser to the USB port A of the EAGLE and Windows automatically loaded the \u201cSilicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge\u201d driver by creating a COM8 port.<\/p>\n

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This means that Windows automatically assigned COM8 to our ESATTO focuser. We can easily note this by typing the device name and COM port number in the USB port \u201cA\u201d of the EAGLE Manager X interface. This way it will be easy to remember the COM port number associated to our devices without the need to coming back to Control Panel -> Device Manager every time. In the screenshot below you can see that we have the<\/p>\n