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

[David Herring, K6DCH]

There may be a way to tell you prolific drivers to be something else  
other than com5...say maybe com3?

I have a similar setup but with different serial interface and hence  
different drivers. I had to set the driver to be, in my case, com2 in  
order for HRD to use it.

73,
Dave. K6DCH

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On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Phil Hystad <k7peh at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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
>
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