[Elecraft] Driver Requirement for K3S

2015-07-20 Thread Bob McGraw - K4TAX
While waiting the arrival of my K3S, the question arises for the requirement for a Windows driver for USB connecton. Is there something special required for Windows 7 Pro 64 bit system? I didn't see anything in the Owners Manual, but I could have missed it too. Also, is anyone aware of

Re: [Elecraft] Driver Requirement for K3S

2015-07-20 Thread Lyle Johnson
The KIO3B includes an FTDI-based serial port (drivers widely available for all sorts of OSes and versions of same) and a UAC1-compliant CODEC (driver built in to most OSes since late in the last millennium). It works fine with DM780 and other digital mode programs, you just need to set it up

Re: [Elecraft] Driver Requirement for K3S

2015-07-20 Thread Jim Rogers
I would suspect Elecraft has adopted a trusted and proven USB interface, maybe even that of FTDI in which case, if the drivers are not already on your system, they are easily downloaded from the FTDI website. As the new interface board in the K3s has its own USB Codec as I seem to recall,

Re: [Elecraft] Driver Requirement for K3S

2015-07-20 Thread Bill Frantz
Given the need to support both audio sound card data and RS-232 data, I would expect the USB driver in the K3S to first simulate a USB hub and then these two USB devices. Someone with a K3S can verify this, at least on a Mac, with the USB information from the hardware information. On the mac

Re: [Elecraft] Driver Requirement for K3S

2015-07-20 Thread Matt Zilmer
There is a hub on the KIO3B main board, with its downstream ports connected to the Codec and to a FT232R USB/serial chip. 73, matt W6NIA On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 07:43:29 -0700, you wrote: Given the need to support both audio sound card data and RS-232 data, I would expect the USB driver in the K3S