Floyd,
The USB cable that the W2 uses has an FTDI chip in it. I agree with you,
it does sound like a driver issue. Since you've determined that your
Comm port driver is installed, It kinda sounds like you may not have an
FTDI driver installed in your computer.
I had the same problem with WIN10 on my computer. I went to the FTDI
download site and obtained and installed the latest FTDI Chip drivers.
All is well now.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
73,
Jim w4jba
On 3/6/2019 12:07 PM, Floyd Sense wrote:
Acquired a used W2 today and have the hardware hooked up and
operating. The W2 works just fine. Now I'm attempting to establish
communications with the W2 from the PC, with no luck thus far. The PC
is running Win 10 Home, 64 bit. I'm using the Elecraft USB cable
plugged into the PC Data jack on the W2 and a USB2 port on the PC .
When I plug the USB cable into the PC, Windows recognizes it and
creates a new Com port. Next, I attempt to use the Elecraft W2
program to communicate with the W2, specifying the new Com port (Com9)
in Setup. A message at the bottom of the Setup window says "Looking
for a W2..." and it sits there that way forever. If I try the W2
Utility, it tells me that it has opened Com9 and is polling the W2 and
that the W2 is not responding.
A trace of activity on the Com9 port when using the W2 program shows
Com9 opening and the program sending a semicolon repeatedly to the W2,
but no responses at all. A check in Device Manager properties says
the latest driver is installed for the W2 port and that driver level
is 2.12.28.0 dated 8/16/17. Unable to check the firmware level with
the W2 utility since the W2 doesn't respond.
So, where to go from here? I suspect a driver problem, but it's not
clear what to do about it.
73, Floyd - K8AC
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