[Elecraft] USB Converter Cables

Don Wilhelm w3fpr at embarqmail.com
Fri Nov 20 11:51:21 EST 2009


Interesting discussion.  I use only serial ports here because of the 
potential driver problems, but as I read Cookie's comments, it reminded 
me of a comment some time ago that the upgrade from XP is Ubuntu!  I 
have since loaded Linux Mint (a Ubuntu derivative) on its own computer 
and have been experimenting with it.  So far, it looks good, but I am 
having trouble getting it to "Samba" in my Windows Home Network (I need 
more education). Once that is an accomplished feat, I may be begging for 
something like HRD and DM780 that works in Linux, but until that day, I 
will have to have the WinXPpro computer as the hamshack computer.

73,
Don W3FPR

WILLIS COOKE wrote:
> There certainly is a lot of comment about USB Converters.  I have a lot of recent experience with trying to make them work on my new HP Pavilion Desk Top with Windows 7.  I have had some disappointments but things seem to change every day.  
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> I have received several messages that the problem is when you try to use a Prolific chip based adapter with a program built in Visual Basic.  Several, if not all of the ham logging programs are written in Visual Basic.  The symptoms seem to be different in different applications.  The Prolific converter that I bought from Elecraft works fine with Windows 7 and the Elecraft firmware maintenance program after I uploaded the latest driver from Prolific.  It will receive data from XMlog but it will not send data from the K3 to the logging program.  It worked just fine with my previous XP Professional, Pentium IV computer.  My FTDI based WinKeyer USB with the latest FTDI driver would crash Windows about every hour or two as long as the Driver was enabled, whether XMLog was connected or not, whether the WinKeyer was connected or not.
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