[Dx4win] COM Port

Theo vanderydt.theo at skynet.be
Sun Jul 2 09:45:45 EDT 2006


Subject: Re: [Dx4win] COM Port


> This is a common problem that I am finding with the new USB Digital 
> Hardware devices such as "Rig Expert SD" and "Rig Blaster's new Plug and 
> Play".  I have been testing both units; the Rig Expert for the past month 
> (purchased at Dayton) and the Plug and Play since it arrived on Thursday. 
> New Laptop computers do not have Com ports, just USB ports. These new 
> Hardware devices allow you to have one USB cable to control both Rig 
> Control (CIV or Cat) and PTT.  They use a USB to Serial converter 
> software, but share the same Com port for both Rig Control and PTT. The 
> problem is that common Ham software such as Dx4win, Writelog, MTTY, etc. 
> require separate Rig Control and PTT Com ports. So you get conflicts. 
> With Dx4win, I can get the both units to recognize the Rig Control, but 
> when I set up PTT for PSK or RTTY, they give me conflicts including the 
> "Blue Screen of Death".
>
> Either the Hardware companies need to change how these devices convert USB 
> to Com Ports, or radios that have USB ports, or the software companies 
> such as Dx4win, etc. need to re-write the software for these new devices. 
> It's a Chicken and Egg thing between the Hardware and Software people.
>
> My system is Windows XP, plenty of memory and Icom 756pro.  I will keep 
> trying and talking to the Hardware and Software vendors. If I come up with 
> a solution, I will post it. So far my only way to get these to work is 
> separate cables for Rig Control and PTT.  If anyone has a solution... I am 
> very open to testing and figuring this out. So far I have searched the 
> web, tried multiple User groups all with the same response asking for help 
> too.


You should try the microkeyer from MicroHAM, this little box does it all!
73' de ON4ATW Theo. 




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