Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10

2016-12-20 Thread wb4jfi
...!!! 73, Terry, N4TLF -Original Message- From: Bill Johnson Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2016 9:04 PM To: 'Ken Arck' ; 'Rick Braun' ; 'Elecraft' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10 I have a surface pro 3 and surface book and neither have issues to which you refer. 73, Bill

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10

2016-12-18 Thread Bill Johnson
ecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10 My Surface Pro sucks with driver compatibility issues so perhaps that is your proble. My "ham" computer runs Win 10, 64 bit and no problems at all connecting to the K3s with anything Ken At 03:43 PM

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10

2016-12-18 Thread Barry
Rick, The K3 utility wants a com port to connect to, and that com port needs to be the same as the one for the radio. If you are using a USB adapter, it declares itself as a com port. Go into device manager and see which com port your adapter "thinks" it is, and make a note of it. Use

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10

2016-12-18 Thread Ken Arck
The issue with the Prolific chipset (or more accurately, the counterfeit driver issue) is well known and well documented as affecting Win 7 and later At 04:16 PM 12/18/2016, Nr4c wrote: Which KUSB? The older Prolific or the more recent FTDI? Different drivers. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10

2016-12-18 Thread Nr4c
Which KUSB? The older Prolific or the more recent FTDI? Different drivers. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Dec 18, 2016, at 6:43 PM, Rick Braun wrote: > > I downloaded the latest K3 utility onto my Surface Pro 4 with Windows 10. My > K3 is serial 2869, with RS232

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10

2016-12-18 Thread Ken Arck
My Surface Pro sucks with driver compatibility issues so perhaps that is your proble. My "ham" computer runs Win 10, 64 bit and no problems at all connecting to the K3s with anything Ken At 03:43 PM 12/18/2016, Rick Braun wrote: I downloaded the latest K3 utility onto my Surface Pro 4

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10

2016-12-18 Thread tomb18
HiNo, it is not 64 vs 32 bit.First thing to do is open up the device manager and looking at the comport entry. Then  unplug the USB to serial device. One of the comport should disappear. Then plug it in.That will help determine if the port you are using is correct.Start with that. If you do not

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10

2016-12-18 Thread Don Wilhelm
Rick, All Windows 10 versions are not created equal. If you have a Win10 full size computer, try it on that. I have not had any problem with Win10 on either my laptop or my desktop computers. On 12/18/2016 6:43 PM, Rick Braun wrote: I downloaded the latest K3 utility onto my Surface Pro 4