Hi Jim, It look strange to me that the USB to SERIAL device assigns 2 comports Maybe a new driver could solve this, but first check if it has really 2 comports
Guy ON4AOI > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win- > boun...@mailman.qth.net] Namens Jim Reisert AD1C > Verzonden: zondag 3 januari 2010 16:29 > Aan: DX4WIN Reflector > CC: k...@arrl.net > Onderwerp: [Dx4win] DX4WIN / Windows 7 / radio interface question > > [posted on behalf of Jim Price K6ZH] > > From: Jim Price > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 9:52 PM > To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net > Subject: DX4WIN / Windows 7 / radio interface question > > "Santa" (a.k.a. my wife) brought me a new HP Pavilion dv7 laptop, to > replace my 6-year old Compaq Presario. I have been using DX4WIN on the > Compaq for quite a few years. My radio is an IC-746, and I've been > "talking" to it via a USB-to-Serial Converter plus a home-made > interface > box. It's worked well. > > So, today I bit the bullet and loaded DX4WIN 7 on the new HP laptop. I > then plugged in the USB-to-Serial converter, and the computer found a > driver right away. It assigned the new device (which actually has 2 > ports) as COM4 and COM5. Since DX4WIN now will accommodate COM4 and > COM5 in its pull-down menu for the radio, I figured - OK, let's go for > it. I assigned COM4 (and later COM5) to the IC-746 in the "Radio" part > of File/Preference. But to no avail - the program can't seem to "find" > the radio, even though I'm quite confident that the interface to the > serial converter is working. It just says the 'radio interface timed > out' when I try to 'Start Radio'. > > The other troubling thing is that with Windows 7 I can't figure out how > to reassign the port numbers - to COM1 and COM2. It used to be easy > with XP. I'm not sure that I need to do that, but I'm thinking that > maybe the converter only recognizes COM1 and COM2. Any ideas? > > AND/OR do I have to "turn on" something in Windows 7 in order to use a > serial port? I know that one has to enable Telnet, for example. > > Appreciate any help; I really need to get over this hump so that, among > other things, I can use N1MM and other contest logging programs! > > 73 - Jim, K6ZH: k...@arrl.net > ______________________________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
