[Elecraft] K2 KUSB PROBLEM

[eric norris]

Clark, et al:

It is frustrating all right.  However, with my K2, XP laptop, and HRD, it DOES work with a Keyspan USB converter.  The consensus I heard from off-list replies on this problem was that some USB converters do not run well at the 4800 bps speed of the K2.  Some folk said their K2 worked with a KUSB and HRD, some said it did not.  

My K2 will also not work on HRD either using a serial PCMCIA card in the laptop that has two ports-- COM13 and COM14.  I normally use this card with the K3 and W2, and it works great there.  I like that the COMxx numbers never change with it--avoids additional confusion when I can't get WSJT to work at 3am... For the record, I am using a proper Elecraft-designed, DBM-built cable not a stock RS-232 cable which should never be used alone to connect a K2 to anything except--of course--an oscillator overthruster or flux capacitor.  

73, Eric WD6DBM

I still LOVE my K3, K2, K1, KX1, XV-432 XV-144, T1, W2, W1, XG2...etc!

Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:58:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Clark Macaulay KE4RQ <clarkmacaulay at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 KUSB PROBLEM
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I have had the same problem.  It is most annoying to see the K2 picture
(ain't she pretty!) on the HRD webpage and not get mine to work with my XP
machine over the serial-to-USB converter.

After a lot of tests, I have concluded that there is something amiss in the
converter and the HRD software.  Why?  The same converter/k2/cpu combo works
fine with Logger32.  I've tried 2 different chipset converters with the same
results.  The most recent is one from IOGear that has a polling light on it
which provided this interesting tidbit of info: when using HRD, the polling
light does not show a consistent polling rate...SNIP