You can get a CAT cable with the FTDI chipset from Valley Enterprises. http://www.valley-ent.com/catalog/
I have purchased several from them. 73, Ron, K5HM [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm> From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kirk Kendrick via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:08 PM To: Jon Noxon; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Subject: Re: [BVARC] CREATING A COM PORT IN WINDOWS 8.1 Randy, I use Windows 8.1 with a SignaLink USB along with my FT817. I had problems getting the USB to FT817 CAT cable to work at times on every computer I tried...but no problems at all with PnP detecting the SignaLink to use as the sound card. My CAT cable has a USB connector at one end and a CAT port connector at the other. Unfortunately, it has a Prolific chipset converter that doesn't play at all with Windows 8.x. I used it regularly with Windows 7 before my laptop crashed. I bought an el-cheapo Chinese bluetooth adapter for $6 which actually works most of the time with Windows 8. It took the USB conversion totally out of the picture, but its power is driven from the FT817 CAT port. Not nice for portable operation. So...you need to setup 2 different items: 1) The SignaLink configured in the sound card setup 2) A CAT cable configured as the port requested when you start HRD Not sure if that helps.... IMHO...HRD is a bit flakey and gets picky about the ports you select for your CAT cable. I have had to change the COM port setup in Control Panel and force mine to COM 1-4 at times to get it to work.Never figured out why HRD sometimes doesn't see all the COM ports. Kirk KK2Z On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Jon Noxon via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Ok, I got a little confuse by all this. Since you are using Widoze 8.1, I assume you do not have a native com post, so you will need a USB-to-serial cable. Such a cable has a nine pin connector on the end. There are many to choose from, but you need to be aware that many are based on the Proflic chip set which is a big problem in Win 7 & 8 as the chips may be fake. Try to find a cable that uses a genuine FTDI chip set. Such cables will automatically install under Windoze and most other OSs. You can find the assigned com port number in device manager. Sent from my iPad by KF5TFJ On Jan 21, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Jon Noxon <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Not quite! The Signallink is a usb sound card. Check device manager and/or the control panel, and look for a usb sound device. You will need to set your digital mode software to use it e.g., DM780, Digipan or whatever. Jon KF5TFJ Sent from my iPad On Jan 21, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: If it recognizes the device as a com port, then it creates its own device. On 1/21/2015 12:12 PM, Randy Pugh via BVARC wrote: Does anyone know how to create a usb com port in windows 8.1?I recently bought a signallink usb.HRD indicates radio not connected and the com port is not found in device manager.I assume that I would have to create a com port but dont know the steps to do so.Any info would be appreciated.73s de AA5OA. _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org -- Jonathan Guthrie KA8KPN _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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