[Elecraft] K3 Utility Going Bonkers

[Mike]

It's on my Win7 box.

After you click 'Control Panel' from the Start menu, it's easier to navigate if you 
select either 'Large icons' or 'Small icons' from the 'View' menu. It seems to be set 
to 'Category' by default. Setting it to one of the icon views, 'Device Manager' 
actually shows up in the list.

After you get into device manager and expand the Universal Serial Bus controllers 
node, then right click on each entry of interest and select 'Properties'. On that 
dialog, select the 'Power Management' tab.

Same on both flaptop and desktop. Nothing to do with battery power.

73, Mike NF4L

On 2/22/2011 11:55 AM, Paul Kirley wrote:
> I have a desktop running Win 7/64 and a FTDI KUSB.  But when I looked per
> W4TV's note below, I couldn't find "Power Management."  Might you two both
> be using laptops, so that the problem is limited to battery power?
>
> 73, Paul W8TM
>
> *****************************
>
> Frank MacDonell wrote:
>
> Joe - I think this may have been the problem! Thanks so much to
> everyone for the great advice!
>
> On Monday, February 21, 2011, Joe Subich, W4TV<lists at subich.com>  wrote:
>> Disable the power saving features on your computer!  Specifically, open
>> Windows Device Manager (in the Control Panel), select Universal Serial
>> Bus Controllers then open each USB Root Hub and Generic Root Hub entry
>> you find.  In the hub entries, select the "Power Management" tab and
>> *uncheck* the box that says "Allow the computer to turn off this device
>> to save power."
>>     ... Joe, W4TV
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/21/2011 4:57 PM, Frank MacDonell wrote:
>>
>> Help! I have downloaded the most recent version of the K3 utility as well as
>> the most recent drivers for the KUSB Cable using the FTDI Chipset.(Computer
>> is Win7/64 and I have confirmed the drivers are correct for the computer and
>> the cable).
>>
>> It works well most of the time. Every once in a while if I am running the
>> utility, the radio connection will stop and the K3 utility program will
>> start producing multiple dialogue boxes. The only way to stop is to use Task
>> Manager to stop the program. Any ideas? Also, KUSB connection will terminate
>> every now and then with message saying USB not recognized.
>
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