Subject: Re: [Dx4win] COM Port
> This is a common problem that I am finding with the new USB Digital > Hardware devices such as "Rig Expert SD" and "Rig Blaster's new Plug and > Play". I have been testing both units; the Rig Expert for the past month > (purchased at Dayton) and the Plug and Play since it arrived on Thursday. > New Laptop computers do not have Com ports, just USB ports. These new > Hardware devices allow you to have one USB cable to control both Rig > Control (CIV or Cat) and PTT. They use a USB to Serial converter > software, but share the same Com port for both Rig Control and PTT. The > problem is that common Ham software such as Dx4win, Writelog, MTTY, etc. > require separate Rig Control and PTT Com ports. So you get conflicts. > With Dx4win, I can get the both units to recognize the Rig Control, but > when I set up PTT for PSK or RTTY, they give me conflicts including the > "Blue Screen of Death". > > Either the Hardware companies need to change how these devices convert USB > to Com Ports, or radios that have USB ports, or the software companies > such as Dx4win, etc. need to re-write the software for these new devices. > It's a Chicken and Egg thing between the Hardware and Software people. > > My system is Windows XP, plenty of memory and Icom 756pro. I will keep > trying and talking to the Hardware and Software vendors. If I come up with > a solution, I will post it. So far my only way to get these to work is > separate cables for Rig Control and PTT. If anyone has a solution... I am > very open to testing and figuring this out. So far I have searched the > web, tried multiple User groups all with the same response asking for help > too. You should try the microkeyer from MicroHAM, this little box does it all! 73' de ON4ATW Theo.
