On the Sony laptop, you will need to get a USB to serial cord. Be sure to get an adapter with an FTDI chipset. There always seem to be issues with drivers, including one that would brick the adapter. I don't know where that issue got to. The CURRENT model being sold by Elecraft seems to be working ok. Use their supplied driver.
If your HP desktop has a spare slot, install a serial card with two or four REAL RS232 serial ports. RS232 is a totally stable interface that hasn't been changed even a little in many years. Nobody is trying to adapt RS232 to some new hardware, like what goes on in the world of USB all the time. In my own case, RS232-land became refreshingly boring and non-problematic when I installed a 2 port serial card. They are assigned COM1 and COM2 in the bios boot-up, which go to my K3 and K2 respectively, and there are none of the where-did-my-com-port-go issues. My Microham u2R has a USB interface which has been tamed nicely and handles the rest of the signal lines. It has been rock solid with zero issues. *** Very Important *** You will NOT be able to plug any standard DB9 RS232 into the K2's DB9 socket on the back. Do that and you burn stuff. You MUST use the special Y cord to split up the RS232 signals and the proprietary signals. See the KIO2 manual... http://www.elecraft.com/manual/KIO2%20man%20rev%20C%20.pdf ...beginning on page 12, for a description of the cord specifics. 73, Guy On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 6:58 AM, Kevin Schache <hillsla...@internode.on.net> wrote: > I've successfully completed my K2 and tests appear ok. > Added SSB board and that's ok too. > Then built KAT100-1 an KAT102 and also tests ok., > But now, connect to Computer and bother.... I didn't think to check! > No serial connection on the computers!!!! > > What's the recommendation? > An RS232 serial to USB adapter? > Reading the archives it appears this could create problems..... > > I've two computers, a desktop HP Compaq Presario and a laptop, SONY VAIO E > series both running MSWindows V7, neither have serial ports. > > Any suggestions would be welcome. > > Thanks > Kev VK5KS > K2 #7552 > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to k2av....@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
