[Elecraft] KRC2 rs232 to cpu not working

[Vic Rosenthal]

I got mine to work several years ago on Win 7. As I recall, I had to update both the firmware in the KRC2 and the utility program. It was tricky. I agree that Elecraft needs to clean up this situation.

Vic 4X6GP/K2VCO 

> On 21 Oct 2015, at 9:04 PM, John K9UWA <john at johnjeanantiqueradio.com> wrote:
> 
> ATTENTION: Eric
> 
> Elecraft has for several years been saying they were going to rewrite the 
> horrible KRC2 Utility Program that allows programming of the KRC2. And so 
> far they have failed to do so. Way back when about 4 years ago I did 
> manage ONCE to get the KRC2 Utility program to work and programmed 
> my KRC2. Yes today I would love to reprogram it to allow connection to a 
> SIX meter antenna. However as you say the program won't work. I tried on 
> Computer running XP and one running Windows7 both with direct real Serial 
> Port connection to the KRC2. No Luck for me. 
> 
> Eric many of us K3 users are using the KRC2 for band decoder to antenna 
> switching it sure would be nice if we could program the KRC2 easily to do 
> what we want.
> 
> Thanks
> John k9uwa
> 
> 
>> I purchased a used KRC2 band decoder.   Going through the tests in the 
>> manual, it works with the buttons on the KRC2, but I can not get the 
>> unit to communicate with my computer.  I downloaded the software from 
>> Elecraft, using Windows 7 or 10 and real serial ports (not usb-serial).  
>> What am I doing wrong? or is the unit bad?  I have not hooked  up the 
>> auxbuss to the K3 yet, wanted to make sure the bandmap and serial port 
>> work first.
>> 
>> Gordon -- N1MGO
> 
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