If there's any doubt which COM port is used by the KUSB, you can use
the Device Manager -> Ports to list all the COM ports.  The one with
Prolific shown is your KUSB.

Sometimes in enumeration, USB-Serial adapters will change COM port ID
from boot to boot.

73
matt W6NIA

On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:03:49 -0500, you wrote:

>Roger,
>
>I think you may be experiencing the problem I had which I asked about 
>yesterday
>subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware update question - k3fw3r68
>
>Check your ports with the elecraft utility, I had the same kind of 
>issue and I needed to find an open port that gave me 4800 bps.
>
>I never had the problem before after an update to a new version. 
>Perhaps you've just updated? Or perhaps your port is active to a 
>different application using the port you had assigned in the utility 
>at a prior time?
>
>Gary
>KA1J
>
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I can't work out why my K3 has stopped communicating with my PC. Besides 
>> the K3 utility I'm using HRD. Up to now I've used the KUSB which has 
>> worked fine, it was bought with K3 #191 at the same time.  I reinstalled 
>> the drivers checked Baud rate (38400), swapped ports etc but still no go.
>> 
>> I then tried a standard RS232 instead, but still it does not work.   
>> 
>> What am I missing here? Any help would be appreciated (my email is set 
>> to digest mode).
>> 
>> 73
>> Roger  MW0IDX
>> 
>> K3 #191
>> K2 #2724
>> KX1 #416
>> 
>> 
>> 
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