[Elecraft] K3S USB issue with Dell OptiPlex 745 - Win 10

2017-03-05 Thread mtkoszew
Our club’s new K3S will not stay connected and often can not be found by our Dell Optiplex 745 w/Windows 10 (it’s an older computer – but seems to run all of our Ham programs and attached devices without issue). Reconnecting the USB cables sometimes fixes the issue. Oddly, if we install & r

Re: [Elecraft] K3S USB issue with Dell OptiPlex 745 - Win 10

2017-03-05 Thread Don Wilhelm
Marty, Are you running the K3S from a HUB hub? You will find more reliable connection using a USB port directly on the computer. You *could* have a marginal USB port on the computer. It may detect a mouse easily, but the FTDI USB to serial chip is another matter. Since it connects reliabl

Re: [Elecraft] K3S USB issue with Dell OptiPlex 745 - Win 10

2017-03-05 Thread mtkoszew
: Don Wilhelm Sent: Sunday, March 5, 2017 4:03 PM To: mtkos...@gmail.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S USB issue with Dell OptiPlex 745 - Win 10 Marty, Are you running the K3S from a HUB hub? You will find more reliable connection using a USB port directly on the computer

Re: [Elecraft] K3S USB issue with Dell OptiPlex 745 - Win 10

2017-03-05 Thread garyk9gs
et Subject: [Elecraft] K3S USB issue with Dell OptiPlex 745 - Win 10 Our club’s new K3S will not stay connected and often can not be found by our Dell Optiplex 745 w/Windows 10 (it’s an older computer – but seems to run all of our Ham programs and attached devices  without issue).   Reconnectin

Re: [Elecraft] K3S USB issue with Dell OptiPlex 745 - Win 10

2017-03-05 Thread Martin Koszewski
I thought the same thing. We had unchecked the ‘turn power off….” tab for each USB Hub in the power management tab in device manager without success. Fortunately the external hub fixed our problem. Marty - N1VH On Mar 5, 2017, at 5:37 PM, garyk9gs wrote: prevent USB ports from going to sl