[Elecraft] KX3 and Mac Mini Need to Ge Started

David Sanders W4DES w4des at sandersweb.net
Sat Jun 7 15:32:21 EDT 2014


The PPC driver is only for Power PC Macs.  You want either the x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) drivers if you have an Intel processor.  Look in system information to see what processor you have in the Mac mini.

73, David W4DES



On Jun 7, 2014, at 3:18 PM, Jim GM <jim.gmforum at gmail.com> wrote:

> KX3 OSX Utility will not work or see ports.  Looks like I need a Mac OSX
> drive for it.  What drive do I need to down load so it will work with
> RumLog, RumPed and KX3 and KX3 Utility? x86, x64 or PPC?
> 
> I have a Mac Mini Mac OSX version 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.
> 
> http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
> 
> Do I need 2 of them?  What is the PPC driver for?
> 
> I connected the KX3 to the KXPA100 cable and the supplied USB cable to the
> PC connection on the back of the KXPA100.
> 
> What other cable do I need to hook up the the KX3?
> 
> I am running RumLog, RumPed for logging programs.
> 
> -- 
> Jim K9TF



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