Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

2009-09-27 Thread Bill W5WVO
Thanks for that info, Matt. Did not know that. No controls in the BIOS anyway. I'll just have to live with it I guess. Fortunately, I can use VOX for TX control and don't really need to use the RS-232 control signals. Bill W5WVO Matt Zilmer wrote: > Bill, even if you make BIOS changes to a po

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

2009-09-27 Thread Matt Zilmer
Bill, even if you make BIOS changes to a port it won't affect the port's operation under Windoze, since it's all controlled by a kernel mode driver. matt W6NIA On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:18:17 -0600, you wrote: >Julian, G4ILO wrote: > >> Have you tried looking in Device Manager at the properties for

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

2009-09-27 Thread Bill W5WVO
Julian, G4ILO wrote: > Have you tried looking in Device Manager at the properties for the > serial port? On mine, on the tab where you can set the baud rate etc. > there is a button marked Advanced Settings... Yes. The advanced settings have nothing to do with the RS-232 control signals, unfortu

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

2009-09-27 Thread Bob Allen
You need to login in as "administrator" then you will have full access or somehow your anti-virus/security software has locked you out. That ought to be fun to find. Bob KB1FRW 73 > > Have you tried looking in Device Manager at the properties for the serial > port? On mine, on the tab where you

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

2009-09-27 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Bill W5WVO wrote: > > Hi Don, > > i had just come to the same suspicion when I read your email. And we are > right. > My homebrew desktop system (Tyan Tiger dual AMD board) works fine. This is > a > Dell problem. > > I will look around to see if there is an updated serial port driver that >

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

2009-09-26 Thread David Christ
It may be a too obvious comment, but the easiest way to tell what is going on is with a serial breakout box. If you get one with LEDs you can visually watch the status of the control and data lines in real time. David K0LUM At 1:41 PM -0600 9/26/09, Bill W5WVO wrote: >Julian, G4ILO wrote: > >

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

2009-09-26 Thread Bill W5WVO
Julian, G4ILO wrote: > I have never used VOX. Why would you need to? If you have a fully > wired serial cable between the K3 and PC then just set WSJT to use > that COM port and in the K3 menu configure PTT to use RTS. Julian et al., I have always used VOX for WSJT keying, so I tried setting it