[Elecraft] Computer control

[Bob Patten]

Phil LaMarche wrote:

>I have a new (Used) K2 and am absorbing everything to use it.  Love it so
>far. Purchased a serial to USB adaptor and hooked up the I/O cable and set
>the com port USB to serial.  Cannot get it to see the radio.  Using N4PY
>software and have that set properly.  Not too much in the manual on this.
>Is there a menu setting or anything else to get this going.  Please.
>  
>
The problem is that your software expects to see a serial port with 
standard address and IRQ.  A serial port
created by most adaptors from a USB port has neither.  The one found to 
work is the Belkin F5U103, available
from BrandsMart or CompUSA (or several websites) for about $70.  It can 
create a normal COM1 with address
of 3F8 and IRQ4 (and COM2,3,4 the same way if you need more than one).  
I use two of these  adaptors on my
Celeron notebook which has two USB ports.  I have yet to try any Windows 
or DOS software that doesn't recognize them.

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73,     Bob Patten, N4BP                Plantation, FL

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