Re: [Elecraft] Need help with FTDI USB connection for W2 interface program in Linux

2014-08-20 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
You need to go to the FTDI website and see if they have a Unix driver that will work for you. The problem with USB drivers is that they get into things that are down in the hardware muck, and very much dependent on the OS's particular handling of the hardware layer. Without a Unix driver, you're

Re: [Elecraft] Need help with FTDI USB connection for W2 interface program in Linux

2014-08-20 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
See http://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm for Linux drivers. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV k2av@gmail.com wrote: You need to go to the FTDI website and see if they have a Unix driver that will work for you. The problem with USB drivers is that they get into things

Re: [Elecraft] Need help with FTDI USB connection for W2, interface program in Linux

2014-08-20 Thread Martin
Hello Bill, try this: Linux handles serial devices different from windows. Your usb-serial adaptor probably will be recogniced as /dev/ttyUSB0, while your Windows-Software running under wine only can handle COMx. So you need to tell wine what device it should use for serial communications.

[Elecraft] Need help with FTDI USB connection for W2 interface program in Linux

2014-08-19 Thread NZ0T
I am part of the team that will be displaying Elecraft products at the Joplin, MO hamfest this coming weekend. Taking my K3 and W2 to show and I would like to be able to show the W2 interface program on my Acer netbook as that program really enhances the W2. The problem is that I recently