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Seth Lavinder

Fwd: Kxusb

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> From: Seth Lavinder <[hidden email]>
> Date: June 27, 2017 at 7:01:37 PM EDT
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Kxusb
>
>
> Is there a chance one of the dozen programming cables I have laying around is same thing electrically as a KXUSB?
>
> I cannot find mine at the moment no matter where I look. I know I own two of them, but I need one now in a bad way.
>
> Advice please?
>
> Thank You,
>
> 73 de Seth - W8FG
>
> Sent from my iPad

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Re: Fwd: Kxusb

The last KUSB I got from Elecraft had the transparent outer jacket ...
you can see the shield braid through it. I think they all havebeen that
way. They are all FTDI chipsets. If you're proficient with Windoze, you
can plug it it, go to Device Mangler, find the Port, and check its
properties. I haven't done it in quite awhile and I don't remember the
exact route, but somewhere in the "drivers-ish section(s)," it will [or
did] tell you.

Prolific chipsets have also worked for me until Win10. KeySpan's [which
may really be Prolific's] don't work either.

73,

Fred ("Skip") K6DGW
Sparks NV USA
Washoe County DM09dn

On 6/27/2017 4:10 PM, Seth Lavinder wrote:

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> Sent from my iPad
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Seth Lavinder <[hidden email]>
>> Date: June 27, 2017 at 7:01:37 PM EDT
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: Kxusb
>>
>>
>> Is there a chance one of the dozen programming cables I have laying around is same thing electrically as a KXUSB?
>>
>> I cannot find mine at the moment no matter where I look. I know I own two of them, but I need one now in a bad way.
>>
>> Advice please?
>>
>> Thank You,
>>
>> 73 de Seth - W8FG
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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Don Wilhelm

Re: Fwd: Kxusb

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Seth,

I see you have been getting answers about the KUSB which is a USB to
serial adapter with a DB9 serial port output.

However, you were asking about a KXUSB which is a "different animal".
Yes, it has the FTDI chipset and converts the USB to RS-232, but only
the RXD, TXD and signal ground are used - those are fed to the 1/8 inch
stereo plug.

If you have some USB to serial adapters (FTDI chipset preferred) , you
can construct a DB9 to 1/8 inch cable to mate with a serial port or the
serial connector of a USB to serial adapter.
The schematic for the connections can be found in the XG3 Signal
Generator manual. Download the manual and look at page 30.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/27/2017 7:10 PM, Seth Lavinder wrote:

>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Seth Lavinder <[hidden email]>
>> Date: June 27, 2017 at 7:01:37 PM EDT
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: Kxusb
>>
>>
>> Is there a chance one of the dozen programming cables I have laying around is same thing electrically as a KXUSB?
>>
>> I cannot find mine at the moment no matter where I look. I know I own two of them, but I need one now in a bad way.
>>