I just went through this with a RigBlaster cable trying to get back to PSK with DX4WIN and Win 7. Turned out the adapter had gone band. Even with the drivers manually installed it didn't work. I borrowed one for a test.
NS4Jay Nowhere in Shakespear is the statement made, "First, lets kill all the banjo players ..." From NS4Jay's iPhone > On Mar 30, 2016, at 6:13 AM, Todd <[email protected]> wrote: > > Know what you mean Rick. Running Windows 10 on both of our upstairs business > boxes, just can’t see spending the $ on a Windows upgrade for a box used only > for DX4win in the shack, but might have to do that anyway. I had already > looked at the cable and there is no manufacturer on it as I thought the same > thing you did. I thought it might be just a null modem serial to USB cable > but now I don’t think so and I simply don’t remember anymore. It worked with > the other box which was also Vista so don’t know why it isn’t being > recognized with this one other than as you said, I might have downloaded a > driver with the other that I don’t have on this box now. I’ll have to do > some searching I guess and see what I can come up with. Thanks for the help. > > Todd & Astrid > Astrid's Embroidery & Garment Printing > 269-795-7297 > www.astridsembroidery.com > > From: Rick Murphy > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:25 PM > To: Todd > Cc: DX4WIN > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Radio control with no serial port question > > If the USB serial adapter is showing as an unknown device, then you'll need > to install the device driver for that USB serial adapter. If you know who > manufactured it, you might be able to find a driver to make it work using a > web search. > > No, you don't need a device driver for the radio, you need one for your USB > serial thingamabob. > > The fact that you're using Windows Vista is probably why that USB adapter > isn't automatically recognized: you're using paleolithic software. > 73, > -Rick > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:20 PM, Todd <[email protected]> wrote: > > It shows up under system devices as an unknown device (didn’t know if I had > some device driver for the radio on the old box I’m forgetting about?) as I > can see it come and go if I plug/unplug the USB cable but doesn’t show up as > a port option. Is there a device driver I need installed for the radio > (Yaesu FT920) that I’m totally forgetting about or something like that? I > feel stupid because I obviously had it working on the old computer but can’t > get this one going. Both were/are running Vista but that’s a whole other story > > Howard – not radio settings, they are all fine (baud rate, etc.) it’s a com > port connectivity issue. > > > Todd & Astrid > Astrid's Embroidery & Garment Printing > 269-795-7297 > www.astridsembroidery.com > _______________________: ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
