Hi Peter, I am pretty sure I know the answer. I was sleeping when you called earlier having been in Frantic City for a couple of days.
I should be up by 8 a.m. tomorrow. Give me a call and I will walk you through checking some settings. 73 Dave wo2x Sent from my iPad > On Jun 29, 2022, at 10:25 PM, George Thornton > <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is possible the parameters set in the computer after reboot don't match > those set in the program. Check the port and baud settings. > > Generally xom port settings need to match for communication to occur. > > > > Sent from my Galaxy > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Peter Dougherty (W2IRT)" <[email protected]> > Date: 6/29/22 6:59 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] COM port problems > > OK, got a massive problem that just cropped up this evening that is far > beyond my understanding that has completely killed my ability to use my K3 > with my computer. > > > > After restarting the PC, suddenly I cannot communicate with the radio using > DX Lab Suite or N1MM+ on the assigned COM port. I have downloaded the K3 > Utility software and it is able to connect to the radio on COM5, its usual > port, and invoke macros via the Utility. So I know there's proper > communication between the radio and the PC. But once I close down the K3 > Utility program I get the first major problem. The radio goes into transmit > for 10 seconds, releases for about 4 or 5 second, and goes back in to > transmit. Only powering the radio off and back on again stops this behavior. > > The main issue is that no CAT control software seems to be able to connect > to the radio at all. The radio is on COM5, and has been for at least the > last 4 or 5 years, and until today it has just worked, even after building a > new computer last November. I just rebooted today and everything went to > heck. > > The kicker is that's it's not a K3 hardware problem, and since it works with > neither N1MM nor DX Lab software any more it's apparently not those programs > either, and quite frankly I just don't know where to look next. Compounding > the issue, and likely related to it, the N1MM Rotor control cannot find > either COM port assigned to the rotors (COM1 and COM3). I have tried > removing the ports and re-adding them in Device Manager but the problem > still persists. I am absolutely prepared to pay a certified systems > professional to diagnose and fix this, but with ultra-specialized radio gear > I doubt they'd be able to figure it out either. Any suggestions? I'm > basically QRT until I can fix this. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Regards, > Peter Dougherty, W2IRT > > DXCC Card Checker/CQ-WAZ Checkpoint > > www.facebook.com/W2IRT<http://www.facebook.com/W2IRT> > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
