[Dx4win] Com Port Issue

[Kostas SV1DPI]

If I have understand well, you have a kenwood 590 connected via the usb 
cable. This connection creates a virtual com (there is not a real com 
port). The virtual com port is either com 3 and either com 7. As I know 
this only happens if you plug the usb cable in a different usb port. 
Please check if you plug it in the same usb port every time or in a 
different one. Normally if you plug it in the same port you will always 
get the same com port number.

73 Kostas SV1DPI

Στις 18/12/2013 12:18 πμ, ο/η n4dsp έγραψε:
> Art,
> I am no computer geek so not sure what you mean by virtual ports.
> Cable is USB to USB. Downloaded the driver from the Kenwood website
> and installed.
>
> Under Device Manager/Ports;
> Silicon Labs cp210x USB to UART Bridge (com3)
>
> That's all I can tell you Art.
>
> john
>
> On 12/17/2013 4:52 PM, Art - W6KY wrote:
>> Are your ports virtual ports? USB to Serial conversion?
>> When I had those, every time my cpu rebooted, my virtual serial ports
>> would change...
>>
>> 73, Art W6KY
>> www.w6ky.com
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>> *From:* n4dsp <n4dsp at triad.rr.com>
>> *To:* Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
>> *Cc:* dx4win <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:59 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Dx4win] Com Port Issue
>>
>> Hello Jim,
>> as per your instruction leaving it on COM 7,,,
>> I do leave it on COM 7 but upon wakening
>> in the morning it's on COM 3 in Ports of the Device
>> Manager! So in dx4win I set File/Preferences/Radio/COM Port
>> to COM 3 and four hours later in Device Manager it's back
>> on COM 7!!
>> Running Windows 7 Enterprise.
>> Thanks for the other advice.
>> Merry Christmas
>>
>> john
>>
>> On 12/17/2013 10:00 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:04 AM, n4dsp <n4dsp at triad.rr.com 
>> <mailto:n4dsp at triad.rr.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Downloaded and installed the USB driver for the Kenwood TS 590S 
>> and was
>> >> assigned to COM 3.
>> >> This morning I found the USB driver had been assigned to COM 7. 
>> This has
>> >> been occuring the last
>> >> couple of days. How can I keep the driver assigned to one certain 
>> port and
>> >> determine what program
>> >> is using COM3?
>> > If you go into the Windows Device Manager, and click on the '+' sign
>> > next to "Ports (COM & LPT)" you will see the port assignments. You
>> > may be able to right-click on one of your virtual ports (like COM7)
>> > and assign it to a different number. But if the radio works OK on
>> > COM7, why not leave it that way? Remember, you can only have ONE port
>> > assigned to a given number.
>> >
>> > I don't have any advice to determine what application is trying to
>> > access COM3 besides DX4WIN. Go through all the DX4WIN preference
>> > tabs, and make sure that all devices are using a unique COM port #.
>> >
>> > If you had created virtual COM ports because you are using a
>> > USB-to-serial cable (or a RigBlaster, microHAM, etc. device), try
>> > deleting all the virtual COM ports, then reboot, then create only the
>> > ones you need.
>> >
>>
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