[Elecraft] K3 and HRD - can't connect

[Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM]

I had LP-Bridge configured with a virtual serial port of COM11 earlier
today, and HRD found and opened that OK.

     ~Iain



Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> If the USB to Serial Adapter is COM9 and HRD is opening COM3, then HRD 
> isn’t going to find your K3.
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> Maybe you can change the USB to Serial Adapter to use a COM port number 
> that’s within the range of COM ports that HRD supports.  The Windows 
> Device Manager will let you choose the COM port you want, as long as it 
> isn’t already in use.  I set my computer to use COM255 for testing the 
> KUSB with the K3 Utility to verify that it works for a wide range of COM 
> port numbers.
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> Dick, K6KR
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> *From:* elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf Of *Lawrence Libsch
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:21 PM
> *To:* Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* [Elecraft] K3 and HRD - can't connect
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>     I am attempting to connect to my K3 with HRD. I am using the 
> Elecraft USB to serial port to connect them. The USB to serial port 
> connector is on COM 9, has the latest drivers and has been successfully 
> used to install K3 firmware v 4.26. HRD will not let me choose COM 9. 
> COM 3, which HRD wants is said to be in use when I look at the 
> possibility of changing to COM3. The K3, the port and HRD are all set 
> for 38400 baud. Using auto-select for the COM port selection, HRD finds 
> port 3 and fails to connect giving the error messages frrquency =0 and 
> K3 COM3 38400 Failed to read frequency.
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>     Ideas please?                                                        
>     Larry
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