Help with KX3 Utility

[k6sdw]

I can't get my Windows 7 to connect to my new KX3 using the Elecraft KX3 utility software.

I bought the official USB cable from Elecraft and I have the USB mapped to COM8 on my PC and the cable plugged into ACC1.


So far, all is good.


Then I launch the KX3 software to read memory data from the KX3 and it never finds the data! It just keeps searching for the port.

Is there some mode I must set the KX3 to before accessing acc1?


Thanks, 73

ed
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Ed,

Are you certain the port is COM8?  To check, open Device Manager -
unplug the USB cable and see which port goes away - then plug it back in
and it should show the port assignment.
Tell KX3 Utility to connect to that port.
Make certain the plug is fully inserted into the ACC1 jack.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/10/2017 12:18 PM, Eddy Avila wrote:
> I can't get my Windows 7 to connect to my new KX3 using the Elecraft KX3 utility software.
>
> I bought the official USB cable from Elecraft and I have the USB mapped to COM8 on my PC and the cable plugged into ACC1.
>
>
> So far, all is good.
>
>
> Then I launch the KX3 software to read memory data from the KX3 and it never finds the data! It just keeps searching for the port.
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[hb9brj]

After having connected numerous COM and USB-to-COM devices, your Windows registry may be full of "blocked" port addresses. Many devices only run on low COM port numbers.

Take a look at Uwe Sieber's
COM Name Arbiter Setter
(scroll down on the page)

and free all those blocked COM ports!

73, Markus HB9BRJ