[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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