

On the Local Resources tab, under Local devices, select the check box for Serial ports. In the Remote Desktop Connection window, click Options. To open Remote Desktop Connection, click Start, point to Programs or All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Communications, and then click Remote Desktop Connection. On previous versions of Windows 2003 Server, RS-232 communication via Terminal Services did not function correctly and generated an error 8020 ("error reading comm device").įor each workstation, configure your Remote Desktop Connection settings: On the terminal server, verify that you are running Windows 2003 Server with (at minimum) Hotfix 838291 or Service Pack 1 (preferred). These steps configure your Terminal Services connection so that client COM ports will be automatically mapped to their equivalent port numbers on the terminal server.

The method used to perform this step depends on the server operating system version in use: To successfully perform RS-232 communication from a Citrix or Terminal Services client, you must make the client COM port available during a remote session. In this command, we'll specify the new RDP port as 1234.Map client COM ports to the terminal server You can also change the RDP port by running the following PowerShell commands.
