[Elecraft] (Elecraft) XG3 RF generator software port selection

[Dick Dievendorff]

Another thing to be aware of is that the COM Port generally won't show in
the Device Manager or XG3 Utility until the USB device is physically plugged
into a USB hub on the computer and the appropriate drivers are located by
the Operating System.  

If you've already started the XG3 Utility and plug in the USB device after
the program has started, there is a "refresh" button on the Port page that
causes the XG3 Utility to again ask the Windows OS for its list of COM
ports.  The list of COM ports in the Port tab's drop-down combo box comes
from the Operating System's inventory of COM ports.

Dick, K6KR


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 3:00 PM
To: Nels Nelsen
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (Elecraft) XG3 RF generator software port selection

Nels,

You mention "software that comes with the generator"  Would that be the
XG3 Utility?  If you do not have XG3 Utility, download it from the Elecraft
website.

Separately, you must have a driver for your USB to serial adapter. That
adapter is the same one that is shipped with the KX3, and you should go to
the FTDI website to download the latest driver.  There is a link on the
Elecraft website for that.

It is helpful to remember that the adapter for the XG3 and the KX3 are the
same.  Get the driver, and then open XG3 Utility.  I am thinking (but don't
know for sure) that you may have no com ports configured on your laptop, so
there are no COM ports available to show in XG3 Utility.  add the drivers
for the USB adapters first. BTW, they will first recognize the driver for
the FTDI chip, and then Windoze will want to load a driver for a Serial Port
- you must do both.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/21/2012 4:37 PM, Nels Nelsen wrote:
> Has any one gotten the XG3 RF generator to talk to a laptop just thru 
> a USB port? I am useing a Windows XP laptop which does not have the 
> old style com-port 1 with a db-9 connector, it just has the modern USB 
> ports. I am wondering If I don't have a problem with the USB driver.
> When I start up the software that comes with the generator, there is 
> no selection of a port available in the  "select this port"  portion 
> of the windows software.
>

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