Dick, This may not be the case. I struggled for 2 months to get my USB to serial cable to work correctly. I bought the Elecraft cable, downloaded the Prolific driver and I could not get,in my case, LP Pan to function properly. I fixed it yesterday, after some local help (Tnx N3EAQ) and an email to N8LP, by going to a straight serial cable. LP Pan and PowerSDR are now working simultaneously with 4 other programs. The telling event was when we looked at the COM ports every time I unplugged and reconnected the USB cable the other ports though they were busy. N8LP believes it is a conflict with the chip set in some computers. I also installed 2 GB of ram and an upscale sound card thinking my 2.54 GHz CPU was having issues. I have a Foxconn 661MX motherboard. 73, Sid K3SX
Dick Dievendorff wrote: > Jay, there's a K3 Utility Help page dedicated to troubleshooting USB to > Serial adapter issues. > > My guess is that you're not finding the right COM port number for the USB to > Serial Adapter. > > There's a separate troubleshooting Help page, "Finding the right COM port" > on that topic. > > 73 de Dick, K6KR > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Iain MacDonnell - > N6ML > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 1:11 PM > To: Jay > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Firmware upgrade harder than construction...Help > > > > Jay wrote: >> After 10 months I decided to upgrade my firmware from the original 2.16 >> since I just got the KXV3 and KRX3...Frustration! >> Have a USB 2.0 to RS232 Serial adapter and have tried it in all my USB >> plugs and in Com ports 1, 2, and 4 which are shown as choices on the K3 >> Utility.....The computer tells me my driver is correct, I've matched >> 9600 baud with the K3 and all I ever get is a "K3 not responding" on Com >> Ports 1 and 2, and "Another app connected to" Com port 4. I'd just >> order the CD, but that would not solve my communication from the >> computer to the K3. What should I try next? > > It's unlikely to be COM1 or 2 - those are usually [reserved for] > built-in serial ports. > > Right-click "My Computer", choose "Manage", then in the window that > opens, click on "Device Manager", then expand the "Ports" sub-tree. > You should see currently available serial ports there. See if one of > them comes and goes when you plug / unplug the USB adapter. If so, you > know which one you would be choosing in K3 Utility. If not, you probably > have a driver (or hardware) problem. > > ~Iain / N6ML > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
