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Bill, I realized all of that, but
my real concern is the note that said Prolific is not going to supply Vista drivers - contact your cable manufacturer. It makes me nervour about using KUSB cables. Sometimes "progress" makes things too complex, and the oldfashioned way is best. Ken _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Ken, The way I read the Vista warning....you are on your own. Vista has so many problems that I cannot tell you what kind of headache it is for IT people. I know many IT shops are just not going to Vista although many home computers are beings shipped with Vista. I don't know if that is because the Gorilla says so, or what. I am using the USB adapter from Elecraft with XP and have no trouble communicating with the rig. Always works through the update and through other programs...N1MM Logger...HRD...etc. I would also advise you that going serial to serial is a good bet as Don W. expressed here on the reflector. But with Vista....it is a crap shoot from my experience with the product. I will not go to it until there is at least Service Pack 2 or 3. YMMV Lee - K0Wa In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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It might be helpful to know what computer folks are using when they indicate
problems with a KUSB or other USB to serial device. I have several of these devices, and some work with some computers but not with others. I think it is as much as problem with specific computers as it is with the operating system. I have mentioned this before, but I seem to have more luck with a couple of Belkin USB/serial adapters than with most others. The two I have are models F5U109 and F5U409. I think at least one of these was intended for use with PDA's, but it sure works on my laptops. Furthermore, Belkin does have updated drivers for Vista for these two adapters. A couple of my laptops (mine and my wife's) are newer, and have Vista, much to my chagrine. But I use mine to update my K3, and it has no problem doing so. I had lots of trouble with a couple of older Sony computers when I needed to connect serial devices to them. The Belkins worked, but others didn't. Also, a Toshiba laptop which I replaced last year with a new HP, balked a good bit on setting up the one or more of the other adapters. But the Belkins again seemed to work best. One thing you must make sure of is that your computer is looking at the right comm port. That was an almost constant problem when I tried hooking up an Icom PC1000. If you go to "Control Panel", and then to "Device Manager", you can view the setup your computer has made for the USB adapter. See what port the adapter is looking at, and what the K3 is wanting. You can probably change your computer's selection to match if it isn't matched already. I may be wrong, but I think ports 3 or 4 are your best bets typically. You can also adjust the transfer speed at this point. Also if, when you go to Device Manager and check your USB adapter settings, you see a little yellow flag over the device listing, you probably have a driver issue, and the device is not properly installed. That's a bigger problem, and you will undoubtedly need to either try reinstalling, or find better drivers. Dave W7AQK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Buller" <[hidden email]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KUSB to Serial Ken, The way I read the Vista warning....you are on your own. Vista has so many problems that I cannot tell you what kind of headache it is for IT people. I know many IT shops are just not going to Vista although many home computers are beings shipped with Vista. I don't know if that is because the Gorilla says so, or what. I am using the USB adapter from Elecraft with XP and have no trouble communicating with the rig. Always works through the update and through other programs...N1MM Logger...HRD...etc. I would also advise you that going serial to serial is a good bet as Don W. expressed here on the reflector. But with Vista....it is a crap shoot from my experience with the product. I will not go to it until there is at least Service Pack 2 or 3. YMMV Lee - K0Wa In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Ken,
If you are concerned about USB to serial adapter compatibility why not just order a real serial interface card for your computer? I did this for my Windows XP Dell machine. I found that the cost of a serial I/F card was cheaper than a USB adapter and any compatibility worries vanish. Mike Scott AE6WA Tarzana, CA K3/100 SN508 Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:38:46 -0600 From: "Ken" <[hidden email]> Subject: [Elecraft] KUSB to serial To: <[hidden email]> Message-ID: <000801c89598$6d0cc460$0302a8c0@none10xs8cc7ms> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" I am wondering which way to plan for K3 updates -- USB port or serial port on your computer. I am concerned about XP or Vista software being up to date for supporting the USB port. Maybe someone with more experience can interpret the cryptic notes on the K3 software page related ot prolific. See the big red IMPORTANT and the related URL for prolific. Ken K5WK _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Hash: SHA1 Real serial ports are always better. Next new computer I build will more than likely not have good old fashioned serial ports. I will purchase an expansion card to get them. I'm one of those IT types. My company won't be going to Vista anytime soon and it's a BIG company. MS may have run out the string on this one. They may be shoving it down consumers necks on every PC purchased, but those that have a choice are sticking with XP. Just bought the wife a new Dell. It was in the house 15 minutes before I'd started wiping the drive and loading XP. I have a Vista machine (enterprise) on my desk at work. I use it for email. All my real work gets done with XP Pro and Linux. Lee Buller wrote: | | Ken, | | The way I read the Vista warning....you are on your own. | | Vista has so many problems that I cannot tell you what kind of headache it is for IT people. I know many IT shops are just not going to Vista although many home computers are beings shipped with Vista. I don't know if that is because the Gorilla says so, or what. | | I am using the USB adapter from Elecraft with XP and have no trouble communicating with the rig. Always works through the update and through other programs...N1MM Logger...HRD...etc. | | I would also advise you that going serial to serial is a good bet as Don W. expressed here on the reflector. | | But with Vista....it is a crap shoot from my experience with the product. I will not go to it until there is at least Service Pack 2 or 3. | | YMMV | | Lee - K0Wa - -- R. Kevin Stover, ACØH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH9iAZ11jxjloa2wsRAn1PAJ4/mjiY3gdeTPn5JUtEVm4LeanctwCeMQ6R 9Nk1YMJhUgC7ES2X6iq2ils= =UM+A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Yep same here, except the only place we have Vista is inside a fire-
walled eng. lab - you know, we are spraying water on the wall all the time ! :-) -- The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE) On 4 Apr 2008, at 13:33, R. Kevin Stover wrote: > I have a Vista machine (enterprise) on my desk at work. I use it for > email. All my real work gets done with XP Pro and Linux. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Whereas I have to test my *free* software on W2K, XP and VISTA.
At least Windows 95/98/SE/ME is dead and buried :-) Simon Brown, HB9DRV -------------------------------------------------- From: "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <[hidden email]> > Yep same here, except the only place we have Vista is inside a fire- > walled eng. lab - you know, we are spraying water on the wall all the > time ! > :-) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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If I may return to the original topic: Ken asked about experience of
connecting a K3 via a USB port to Vista. My experience is wholly positive. I picked up a standard USB-to-serial "adaptor" at my local supermarket while doing my grocery shopping. It cost under 25 euros. Plugged it into my laptop running Vista, it automatically downloaded the driver from the MS Windows Update site and works perfectly with the K3. It does seem to use the Prolific chip, judging by messages I saw as the driver was installing. 73 Neill F5VLD / G4HLX K2 #2425 K3 #289 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Neill Taylor wrote:
> > It does seem to use the Prolific chip, judging by messages I saw as the > driver was installing. > One thing to note here is that Prolific are obviously a B2B (business to business) supplier. When they say that they can't supply drivers to consumers, they don't mean that the driver doesn't exist but just that their business model is not set up to provide things directly to consumers. (Some such vendors will make drivers available for download, which is generally OK as long the OEM cannot cutomise the relevant parts of the hardware. Also, interestingly a lot of Windows drivers aren't really drivers, but rather parameter files that tell the real driver that a particular USB ID requires, for example, a USB serial driver.) -- David Woolley "The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio" List Guidelines <http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm> _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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