Don et al, I tried COM1 and it works okay. COM4 works with K3 nd several other programs okay including WL and MMTTY, N1MM, N3FJP but not K3 Utility at this time.
COM4 shows up in device manager but not in K3 Utility PullDown Menu, Doesn't even get to the driver situation.. Thanks for your suggestion. Dave W7DPW David J Drew -- W7DPW Over 50 Years with Same Call Amateur Extra Since 1970 Continuous ARRL Member Since October 1957 ARRL Life Member October 1969 Vancouver, Washington 98664-4445 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Wilhelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dave W7DPW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "k3" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility RS-232 ComPort4 > Dave, > > That Win98SE surely has real serial ports. I strongly suggest that you > use one of the real serial ports. IIRC correctly (it has been years), > but the USB support in Win98SE was flaky at best - the situation did not > get much better until Win2k, and by then Win98 was fading into the > background - even the 'SE' version of Win98 was a patch at best, but the > real serial ports worked just fine. You can unplug one of your existing > serial connections long enough to load the new firmware on your K3 and > then revert to the normal use of that port. > > If you really want to use the USB to serial adapter, I suggest you > upgrade to Win2K or later. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Dave W7DPW wrote: > > I just now have gotten around to downloading the K3 Utility and have it > > installed on my 98SE machine. I have a USB to RS-232 converter on it > > shows in my system menu as COM4 but it will not appear in the selection > > menu of the K3 Utility. Only COM1, COM2, COM5, and COM6 appear on the K3 > > Utility PullDown Menu and they are used for other applications. > > > > I know COM4 works as I use it with WriteLog and that application will > > communicate with the K3 without problems. I have the K3 RS-232 set to > > 9600... _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
