Hi Pete, First of all, the „active“ part of the USB cable is the USB-to-serial converter. This communicates with your computer even if the cable is not plugged into your transceiver. So to find the root cause, I would not plug in the transceiver end of the cable at all for the following: 1. Open the device manager on Windows, maybe the easiest way is typing „device manager“ into the search field of the start menu. 2. Plug and unplug the USB cable and observe the entries under COM port s and see if a port appears and disappears. This way you can find out which COM port is the one you have to use in your CAT software.
If you cannot find a COM port in that way, Windows might not associate the correct driver to the converter in the cable. In this case, maybe consult the manuals or re-install a current version of the FTDI USB-to-serial driver. Vy 73 de Stefan, DK7STJ -- Stefan Jansen *** E-Mail: dk7...@darc.de > Am 17.08.2022 um 00:10 schrieb Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n...@gmail.com>: > > My station took a lightning hit a couple of weeks ago, and I have just > finished configuring a new computer with my old C drive. That all works > fine, but for some reason I'm not able to get COM port communication between > N1MM Logger and my K3. I'm using a USB-to-serial cable. When I open the > Config menu, I see COM 11 with an asterisk indicating that it doesn't exist, > and COM1 as another option.This seems odd because my setup used COM3 for > radio and COM6 for CW keying before the event. > > I'm at a loss about how to diagnose the problem. It could be the IO board in > the K3, I suppose (shudder) or the RS232 to USB adapter cable. I can just buy > another cable, to rule that out, but is there a way to run a self-test on the > K3 IO to see if it is damaged? > > As an aside, I have had a KIO3B on order for +/- 2 years, but I don't know > when or if that's going to happen. The radio seems otherwise to be fine; I've > tested its sensitivity and power output on several bands. I just want to try > to dig myself out of this before CQWW and SS. > > -- > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network > web server at <https://reversebeacon.net>. > For spots, please use your favorite > "retail" DX cluster. > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to dk7...@darc.de ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
