[Elecraft] K3 and HRD: MAC using VMWare + HRD, no waterfall display

[Bill Frantz]

I have the Tascam US122mkII running on MacOS 10.7.5 on a MacBook 
Pro. I'm running it on MacOS rather than Windows. It works, but 
I occasionally have to reboot the Mac to get the driver to 
properly connect with the Tascam. When it's not working, it 
looks like everything is connected properly, but there is a lot 
of noise and distortion in the signal. My problem frequently 
shows up if the Tascam is plugged in to the USB connection after 
the Mac is booted.

Note that I haven't spent enough time chasing this issue to be 
really sure what is happening.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 3/30/15 at 8:45 AM, challinan at gmail.com (Chris Hallinan) wrote:

>I'm trying to get my new K3 on the digital modes using HRD.  On the
>advice from the good folks on this list, I purchased a Tascam US122 MK
>II.  No regrets there, it's a great unit for the price.
>
>My setup has HRD running under VMWare on a Macbook Pro/Yosemite.  I'm
>running latest Windows 8.1 with HRD in the VM.
>
>I am confident in the physical setup, as I can use fldigi natively on
>the MAC successfully.  But, HRD displays no waterfall at all.
>Sometimes, I see RX activity on the built-in software sound card
>monitor within HRD, and HRD can in fact see my Tascam under sound card
>setup, but nothing i've tried will actually make it work.  The
>waterfall display is always dark, indicating no incoming audio, even
>though the LEDs on the Tascam, indicate activity.
>
>Has anyone had success using this setup?  Any recommendations for a
>path to success?  Should i try another sound interface? (Don't have
>one presently.)  Sould I ditch the MAC and buy a windows box (ouch)?
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