I use the USB to serial converter from Elecraft to connect my laptop to
my K3. When I initially plugged it in it configured itself as COM 4.
Hmmm? My laptop doesn't have any real serial ports.
Later, I moved it to a different connector and lost communications. The
COM port had
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Subject: [Elecraft] K3 - COM port iterating ...
I use the USB to serial converter from Elecraft to connect my laptop to my
K3. When I initially plugged it in it configured itself as COM 4.
Hmmm? My laptop doesn't have any real serial ports.
Later, I moved
Don't unplug / plug them in while the OS is running.
C'est la vie (mate).
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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From: Nick-WA5BDU [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I use the USB to serial converter from Elecraft to connect my laptop to
my K3. When I initially plugged it in
It is an irritating feature of MS Windows. I think you can fix the RS232 port
with a utility, or for example by limiting the maximum com ports to 1.
I wonder how long receivers are going to use RS232 ports. I know they are
easier to deal with but most new PCs will not have them. I just got an
One advantage of an RS-232 port is it has deterministic latency. Unlike
USB, you always have a direct connection between the serial driver
software and the hardware being controlled.
Al N1AL
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 13:48, AD6XY wrote:
It is an irritating feature of MS Windows. I think you can
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