Dick, I tried the driver on the Elecraft download page first. It loaded okay and windows recognized the adapter when I connected it, but it could not communicate with the K3 using the K3 Utility (latest release version). I will download and try v1.30 of the prolific driver when their download site is up and working properly again....It isn't right now.
Bob K5SM On 12/25/2010 5:06 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *To:* WILLIS COOKE <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *Cc:* Robert Redmon <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; >> "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" >> <[email protected] <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[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] <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] <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
