Nels, You mention "software that comes with the generator" Would that be the XG3 Utility? If you do not have XG3 Utility, download it from the Elecraft website.
Separately, you must have a driver for your USB to serial adapter. That adapter is the same one that is shipped with the KX3, and you should go to the FTDI website to download the latest driver. There is a link on the Elecraft website for that. It is helpful to remember that the adapter for the XG3 and the KX3 are the same. Get the driver, and then open XG3 Utility. I am thinking (but don't know for sure) that you may have no com ports configured on your laptop, so there are no COM ports available to show in XG3 Utility. add the drivers for the USB adapters first. BTW, they will first recognize the driver for the FTDI chip, and then Windoze will want to load a driver for a Serial Port - you must do both. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/21/2012 4:37 PM, Nels Nelsen wrote: > Has any one gotten the XG3 RF generator to talk to a laptop just thru a USB > port? I am useing a Windows XP laptop which does not have the old style > com-port 1 with a db-9 connector, it just has the modern USB ports. I am > wondering If I don't have a problem with the USB driver. > When I start up the software that comes with the generator, there is no > selection of a port available in the "select this port" portion of the > windows software. > ______________________________________________________________ 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
