KX3-Utility worked in May but not now.

[KM3K]

Hello,


As the subject-line states, my records show that all was good this past May when I checked if I was up-to-date firmware-wise.

Also, in September, for the power-up sequence, I successfully used the Utility to put in a banner with my call-sign.


The idea today was to get DX-Lab and its WinWarbler connected to the KX3.

I had read that the KX3's CW-decoding could be displayed in WinWarbler.


But now, I have an issue and I'm not even out of the starting-gate.

The Utility's tab "Firmware" shows that wheels are spinning in "Attempting to connect KX3 on port COM3 at ...." using various bit/s speeds.

The KX3 is set at 4800 bits/s.


So, I used Win10's trouble-shooting and got this message:

The error I get is "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM8) has a driver problem."


I'm mystified that I see COM3 in one place and COM8 in another.

I have no idea what to do next.

I was horrified to read that I had a Prolific USB adapter; so much bad press about Prolific.

TIA for any help.

73 Jerry KM3K
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[Nr4c]

Why 4800 baud?

I think it works better at 34.8.

And the KXUSB that I got with my KX3 was a FTDI based unit.

Unplug all USB devices except the one for the radio. See what Device Manager has to say.

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...nr4c. bill

> On Nov 27, 2018, at 11:58 PM, JEROME SODUS <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
> As the subject-line states, my records show that all was good this past May when I checked if I was up-to-date firmware-wise.
>
> Also, in September, for the power-up sequence, I successfully used the Utility to put in a banner with my call-sign.
>
>
> The idea today was to get DX-Lab and its WinWarbler connected to the KX3.
>
> I had read that the KX3's CW-decoding could be displayed in WinWarbler.
>
>
> But now, I have an issue and I'm not even out of the starting-gate.
>
> The Utility's tab "Firmware" shows that wheels are spinning in "Attempting to connect KX3 on port COM3 at ...." using various bit/s speeds.
>
> The KX3 is set at 4800 bits/s.
>
>
> So, I used Win10's trouble-shooting and got this message:
>
> The error I get is "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM8) has a driver problem."
>
>
> I'm mystified that I see COM3 in one place and COM8 in another.
>
> I have no idea what to do next.
>
> I was horrified to read that I had a Prolific USB adapter; so much bad press about Prolific.
>
> TIA for any help.
>
> 73 Jerry KM3K
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