Your usb to serial probably has a counterfeit prolific chip in it. Prolific drivers will not work on counterfeit chips
Try an usb to serial with a different chip brand in it. On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 10:23 AM Martin Blaise via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > I am having trouble getting my cat cable to work between the HF rig and > the computer. It says I have to have it if I want to work dxpeditions on > FT8 since the software controls the frequencies. I cannot get the com port > function to work properly. I have two usb ports on the front on the > computer. One is already in use with a serial to usb cable to my rigblaster > nomic. So that is one usb slot and one com port already in use. I should be > able to plug the other serial to usb into the other usb port and control my > radio from the computer. I have even tried a usb slot on the back of the > computer and it still does not work. I don't have the money to buy a new > computer at this time. Do I need to buy a specific cable that only works > with the Yaesu 450d? (proprietary?) The best I could do is take screen > shots with the error messages and email them to you. If anyone can help it > will be appreciated. Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! > Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every > time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- David Hold [email protected]
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