Re: [Elecraft] K3: Windows 7 and USB/serial redux

2011-02-04 Thread Rich
Several years ago I purchased the KeySpan USB/Serial adapter. I have had absolutely no problem with it on WinXP, WinVista and Win7 (both 32&64 bit). If you are using a laptop or change equipment around it is a must. The driver can be setup so that the individual converter will always have the sa

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Windows 7 and USB/serial redux

2011-02-04 Thread R. Kevin Stover
Ditto what Bob says below. Anything to do with windows attached devices starts and ends in windows device manager. Very rarely do we in the IT field have to re-install windows these days and we try to avoid it all costs. We can lose a half day production from a machine re-installing windows, bring

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Windows 7 and USB/serial redux

2011-02-04 Thread Mike
Win 7 may find the drivers on it's own. I'd try that first. Elecraft changed the KUSB they sell from a Prolific to a FTDI chipset circa July 2010. Both drivers are on the site, so if you download them, it's important to know which cable you have. http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm#kusb

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Windows 7 and USB/serial redux

2011-02-04 Thread Bob Naumann
software to match that com port number. 73, Bob W5OV -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John K3TN Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 5:50 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Windows 7 and USB

[Elecraft] K3: Windows 7 and USB/serial redux

2011-02-04 Thread John K3TN
I built a new Windows 7 64 bit Pro PC, got all my ham software up and running and for a brief period of time life was good. A bad RAM module brought that to a crashing (literally) end. Trying to recover from that I've been having a series of problems that keep pointing to what looks like the well