OK, so you identified a couple of things to look for. Does the adapter
work with other rigs/devices under XP SP3?
There have been quite a few reports of problems with this update, I
hope you haven't run into one. The latest Keyspan drivers for XP are
dated July 4, 2007 - I presume you have those. By the way, the Keyspan
driver files are different for XP and Vista, so be sure you have the
right one for each OS.
I don't think I would give up quite yet on either device. There
appears to be some sort of configuration problem, work through it and
things _should_ work.
On May 23, 2008, at 3:53 PM, James C. Hall, MD wrote:
Hi Jack:
I noticed while hooking up my laptop running WinXP SP3 and utilizing
the
Keyspan 4-port adapter, that running N3FJP's FD software, I could
not get
the rig interface to take. I tried different baud, stop bits,
everything. It
just would not work. CW keying was excellent. Well I tried other
software on
the laptop such as MixW and it also would not work with its CAT.
Well I tried a different serial cable and then a USBGear USB adapter
and
nothing worked for rig interface. I took it to straight serial
connection
and it worked right away.
I've got a Vista laptop to try and I'm going to load those Keyspan
drivers
and see what happens.
Disappointing.
73, Jamie
WB4YDL
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Brindle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 5:20 PM
To: James C. Hall, MD
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 USB-serial adapter recommendation
That is surprising. The Keyspan adapters are among the best in the
industry. What are the symptoms, what were you trying to do, and what
happened?
And, of course, what OS and drivers do you have?
On May 23, 2008, at 3:12 PM, James C. Hall, MD wrote:
Hello:
Well, after trying several permutations to try and figure why
software was
unable to poll freq/mode, I have discovered that the K3 doesn't like
my
usb-serial port adapters. I have two available - Keyspan 4-port and a
USBGear 2-port. Both have worked admirably with everything - until
now. When
I re-hooked my K3 back to the shack computer with a true serial
port, it
connected immediately - no sweat. CW keying was never a problem with
the USB
adapters.
I need to find a USB-serial adapter that WILL work with the K3 in
time for
FD. I hate this because these adapters worked so well with the K2.
73, Jamie
WB4YDL
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