How to communicate via RS232?

I am trying to program an sbRIO-9606 to communicate with a Matrix Orbital LCD display via RS232. I have NI-VISA 5.4.1 and NI-VISA Server 5.4.1 software installed on the sbRIO. But I am not seeing any COM ports to use to communicate. Is there other software I need? Or is there a resource where I can find some instructions about this?
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I also needed the NI-Serial RT 4.0.0 installed on the sbRIO.

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