Another thing to be aware of is that the COM Port generally won't show in the Device Manager or XG3 Utility until the USB device is physically plugged into a USB hub on the computer and the appropriate drivers are located by the Operating System.
If you've already started the XG3 Utility and plug in the USB device after the program has started, there is a "refresh" button on the Port page that causes the XG3 Utility to again ask the Windows OS for its list of COM ports. The list of COM ports in the Port tab's drop-down combo box comes from the Operating System's inventory of COM ports. Dick, K6KR -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 3:00 PM To: Nels Nelsen Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (Elecraft) XG3 RF generator software port selection 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
