Show Hidden COM ports in Device Manager

Here is the Device Manager showing the COM ports, unfortunately it doesnt show ports that are not present:

To show all ports, go to a command prompt (go to start->run and type cmd) Then type C:\> set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1 C:\> devmgmt.msc

Notice that that COM2 has now appeared in this example more may appear on your system.

Running the Toshiba Stack using the Plogg Manager

If you open the Device Manager and the Plogg Manager at the same time and the Plogg Manager is using the Toshiba stack then you should see COM99 appear in the Device Manager on the left hand screen.

If COM99 does not appear then try the following: If COM99 is in the list before the Plogg Manager is used to connect to a Plogg, then close down the Plogg Manager, right click and Uninstall the COM99 from the Device Manager, run the Plogg Manager again and COM99 will be reinstalled. Try to connect to the Plogg. Alternatively, use the Toshiba stack to create a Virtual Serial Port.

Using the Toshiba Stack and a Virtual Serial Port

The Plogg Manager shows all com ports from 0 to 30, (this could be extended to 99 if there is a problem). The Toshiba stack seems to favour COM ports quite high up on the system, but you can configure them to be lower. First find the Bluetooth icon in the tray icons (bottom right in XP) Right click and Add new connection Choose custom mode

Search for Bluetooth devices.

Select the Plogg device:

Wait for the Plogg to connect:

Select the service (you can only select Serial Port AT Serial)

Untick the use default port if it is over COM 29

Assign a lower com port from the list

Note this may fail, but you can try again with other free COM ports until it passes.

Then run the Plogg Manager and connect to the given COM port.