Neill Taylor wrote:
It does seem to use the Prolific chip, judging by messages I saw as the
driver was installing.
One thing to note here is that Prolific are obviously a B2B (business to
business) supplier. When they say that they can't supply drivers to
consumers, they don't mean
If I may return to the original topic: Ken asked about experience of
connecting a K3 via a USB port to Vista. My experience is wholly
positive. I picked up a standard USB-to-serial adaptor at my local
supermarket while doing my grocery shopping. It cost under 25
euros. Plugged it into my
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Real serial ports are always better.
Next new computer I build will more than likely not have good old
fashioned serial ports. I will purchase an expansion card to get them.
I'm one of those IT types.
My company won't be going to Vista anytime soon
Yep same here, except the only place we have Vista is inside a fire-
walled eng. lab - you know, we are spraying water on the wall all the
time !
:-)
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On 4 Apr 2008, at 13:33,
Whereas I have to test my *free* software on W2K, XP and VISTA.
At least Windows 95/98/SE/ME is dead and buried :-)
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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Yep same here, except the only place we have Vista is
Ken,
Use the real serial port if you can. They are always more reliable than
the adapters.
If you must use the adapter, make certain you have the latest drivers.
73,
Don W3FPR
Ken wrote:
I am wondering which way to plan for K3 updates -- USB port or serial port on
your computer.
I am
It says in the prolific website that Prolific will not be providing Vista
drivers for end users. Please contact the vendor ... etc. I want to use KUSB
with a Vista pc. What do I do Elecraft !
73 Bryan GM3AKF
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:13 AM
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Subject: Re:[elecraft]KUSB to serial
It says in the prolific website that Prolific will not be providing Vista
drivers for end users. Please contact
Ken,
The way I read the Vista warningyou are on your own.
Vista has so many problems that I cannot tell you what kind of headache it is
for IT people. I know many IT shops are just not going to Vista although many
home computers are beings shipped with Vista. I don't know if that is
Bryan,
If that PC is a desktop, purchase a real serial port card and install
it. Much more reliable than any adapter.
I know that does not answer the Vista driver situation - someone else
will have to answer that question, but if that is the true situation, I
would guess that drivers will
If your machine has a PCMCIA slot, you might consider skipping the adapter
entirely and using a PCMCIA card that provides a standard RS232 serial
interface.
If course, many desktop machines have expansion slots available where you
can add an internal RS232 port card.
I guess I got lucky with a
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KUSB to Serial
Ken,
The way I read the Vista warningyou are on your own.
Vista has so many problems that I cannot tell you
Bob,
No you do not have to buy the adapter from Elecraft.
You can buy the one from Elecraft that is known to work, or you can buy
the $2 one and see if it works - some may, some may not, it is a gamble.
That ine from Ebay likely has some shipping charges with it too, so it
will cost you
It depends on the adapter and what you want to use it for. If you
are just looking for data transfer, I would think just about any
aftermarket adapter will work. Some do not implement the full st of
control lines. So if you want to use PTT or CW, there *may* be a
problem. I am not saying
Bob wrote:
Must we pay $39 for Elecraft's KUSB Universal Serial Bus Adapter, or
will one for $2 as seen offered through Ebay work?
Maybe.
And how much is the shipping/handling?
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Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KUSB Universal Serial Bus Adapter?
Bob wrote:
Must we pay $39 for Elecraft's KUSB Universal Serial Bus Adapter, or
will one for $2 as seen
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Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KUSB Universal Serial Bus Adapter?
Bob wrote:
Must we pay $39 for Elecraft's KUSB Universal Serial Bus Adapter, or
will one for $2 as seen offered through Ebay work?
Maybe.
And how much is the shipping/handling?
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Vic, K2VCO
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