[Elecraft] Com port problem

[Don Wilhelm]

Fred,

Since the K2 works with one adapter but not another, look at the setup info
on both adapters - are the parameters similar? what are the differences?
Keep asking yourself questions like that until you either have it working or
decide to make that 3 hour round trip.

The K2 connects only the data transmit and receive lines, no hardware
handshaking is implemented, and the data rate is at 4800 baud. Nothing
fancy, but the computer software settings must be set to comply with the K2
setup.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
>
> I just came back from the local electronics superstore with a USB
> to 2 port
> serial converter made by SIIG. My aim was to get rid of the usb to serial
> converter pigtails cluttering up the place. The new usb-to-serial
> converter
> won't work with the K2. It works fine with my FT-990. And I have tried
> switching the ports (IE  port1 to 990, port 2 to K2 and vice
> versa). During
> all tests the FT-990 communicates fine with the computer but the K2 does
> not. The K2 seems to work fine when plugged back into the USB-to-serial
> pigtail from a different manufacturer. There may not be a
> solution to this,
> but
> I thought I'd give the brain-trust here a crack before I box the thing up
> and
> take it back to the electronics superstore...that is a 3 hour round trip.
>
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