[Elecraft] help: HRD and serial port problem

[Don Wilhelm]

Robert,

If I recall correctly, that is the message HRD gives when it thinks some 
other application is using the serial port.

Try re-booting and run HRD before anything else.  If it still does not 
work, you may have something in your system startup that is making the 
serial port active before HRD gets a chance.  Perhaps the HRD forum can 
be of more help than we can here.

73,
Don W3FPR

Robert G. Strickland wrote:
> Hello all...
>
> Semi- off topic problem. I have a BIY Windows computer running XP3 on an 
> ASUS M2N-SLI deluxe MB. This computer is about three years old and works 
> perfectly [except for the following...]. In the past, I had loaded and 
> run w/o problem HRD w/ my K2 #5957. Computer, software and K2 worked 
> perfectly for about a year - until a bit ago. Then, out of the blue, HRD 
> couldn't connect to the K2. The HRD serial port utility keeps saying 
> that the serial port is "blocked." Help from Don and others in the past 
> established that the radio/cable is working. This is verified by using a 
> Belden USB-Serial adapter to the cable/K2 that, again, works perfectly. 
> The Device Manager in Windows says that the serial port is working 
> properly. I have recently reloaded XP3 [for other reasons], and this 
> didn't make a difference. Any ideas as to what the serial port is 
> doing/not doing will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>   
>