[Elecraft] [K3] K3 USB, Serial Drivers, and HRD Connection

[Phil Hystad]

I rarely dip into my Windows laptop but I wanted to check out something with HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe) so I thought I would hook it up to my K3 (I had it configured to work with my Icom 756 Pro III already).  So, I chose to do a new connection setup for the K3 after I had setup the serial interface (using the serial/USB cable from Elecraft).  I had already run the K3 USB so I figured this should work with HRD.

But, problems.  I am wondering if HRD can use the driver setup for this serial interface?  I first ran HRD and when I did the new connection I had COM3  available but nothing else.  I tried with COM3, no good.  So, I shutdown HRD and started up K3 USB utility.  It listed COM5 (not COM3).  I did the connection and port test and all seems to work.  I shutdown the K3 USB utility.  Started up HRD and no COM5 is available.

So, it seems like HRD does not see the ports created by the driver installed (Prolific drivers) for the Elecraft Serial/USB interface.

Before I start debugging this problem maybe there is an obvious answer from those who have already done this?  Is there something that I am missing?  Does anyone successfully use HRD with the Prolific drivers and the Elecraft supplied serial/USB cable?

73, phil, K7PEH