Unfortunately under win2k the easy way won't work. USB ports don't show up as COM ports, afaik. At least, I've never been able to use a USB port directly that way. I've tried to get my GPS to work outside of the proprietary software's specs, to no avail.
I haven't played with VB's communications capabilities yet, but USB seems to be much less friendly to the direct approach than plain serial ports.
Thanks for your attention to the questions I ask, though.
Jim
