Brett Go into device manager and change the COM number to something unused and other than "3". As you know, many computers reserve or use COM3 in the background for such things as modems.
73 Greg AB7R On 6/11/2010 3:54 PM, Brett Howard wrote: > Ok so I've never done RTTY via true FSK only audio modes... I have to > put in a fence this weekend so I won't be able to play this weekend but > I'm trying to get ready for FD... > > So I've made an interface that consists of a couple opto couplers (one > for FSK and one for PTT)... I've got the radio all setup and shorting > the FSK_IN pin to GND makes the radio switch tones as it should... > > However I'm having issues getting MMTTY to open the COM port. I'm using > an FTDI based USB->RS232 converter. The MMTTY settings have the USB > button right there and they tell me to click on the last 3 options. > I've tried all 3 but in all 3 modes I get the unable to open COM3 > error... > > I'm going to be googling and seeing if anyone else has had this issue > with me but I figured I'd pose here in the event someone here has > already run into this issue. > > ~Brett (N7MG) > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
