True!, but in this conflict Microsoft is the big dog, Prolific is the tail, Elecraft is the flea and I am probably not even a hair! 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 5:06:00 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windows 7 64bit and USB to RS232 adapter 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
