I think I understand that issue. Sometimes the driver issues a data available signal but when you subsequently ask for the data, none is there. My view is that this boundary condition could have been handled a bit better by the MS VB common communications DLL, but my view doesn't help the poor guy using That DLL.
You make a good point, but I'm not sure Prolific is entirely at fault here. Dick, K6KR On Dec 25, 2010, at 14:15, WILLIS COOKE <[email protected]> wrote: > Dick, I had no difficulty with the Elecraft supplied K3 utilities, but could > not control the K3 from N1MM and XMLog. These logging programs were complied > using Visual Basic and I was told that the Prolific driver and Visual Basic > had a register conflict. When I bought the PCIe RS-232 card it cured my > problems and I have not worried with it since. I got the latest Prolific > drivers from the web site a little over a year ago, but have not updated them > since I quit using the Elecraft supplied Prolific converter. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ > > > From: Dick Dievendorff <[email protected]> > To: WILLIS COOKE <[email protected]> > Cc: Robert Redmon <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, December 25, 2010 3:49:16 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windows 7 64bit and USB to RS232 adapter > > I use an older Prolific based KUSB with my Windows 7 64 bit system that I use > to develop and test the various Elecraft Utilities. I got my drivers from > the Prolific web site listed in K3 Utility Help, see Troubleshooting USB to > serial adapters section. > > Dick, K6KR > > On Dec 25, 2010, at 12:57, WILLIS COOKE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bob, the Prolific converters do not work well with W7. I have been using > > W7 > > with my K3 for over a year with a PCIe card RS-232 port. It worked the > > first > > time with no problems. Elecraf has quit selling the Prolific converter, > > but the > > one they were selling two years ago was Prolific. I think that some are > > having > > good results from the FTDI chip set converters which Elecraft is shipping > > now. > > You will need the latest drivers which are available from the FTDI web > > site. > > Surely Prolific will eventually get their act together and publish a driver > > which will work with W7, maybe they have by now. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > > K5EWJ > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Robert Redmon <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sat, December 25, 2010 2:26:43 PM > > Subject: [Elecraft] Windows 7 64bit and USB to RS232 adapter > > > > I have a new laptop with W7/64bit and can't get my USB/Serial adapter to > > work (with my K3). It all works fine on my XP (32bit) computers. Anyone > > who can help? > > > > 73, Bob K5SM > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft 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
