[Elecraft] kat500 can't be seen by kat500 utility

[Tom]

I guess the question is " Is it the KAT500?"  or "Is it the USB to serial 
Adapter"?
To answer this question if you do not have an additional USB Serial to 3.5mm 
plug, you could just take a regular USB to serial, attach a serial cable, 
cut the cable and determine the ground, transmit and receive wires, and then 
wire them up to a 3.5mm plug.  Check out the pin outs in the KPA500 manuals.
The biggest pain here if you do not have a spare USB Serial to 3.5mm, then 
you have to wait for a replacement before you know.
At least this way you can find out sooner which device is at fault.
73 Tom
va2fsq.com


-----Original Message----- 
From: Nr4c
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 11:27 PM
To: john at kk9a.com
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] kat500 can't be seen by kat500 utility

That is the serial port.

Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill


> On Mar 19, 2017, at 9:12 PM, <john at kk9a.com> <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>
> The KAT500 has no serial port, just a 3.5mm round jack.
>
> John KK9A
>
> From: tomb18@ videotron.ca
> Sun Mar 19 17:04:02 EDT 2017
>
> Hi Can you try a different USB to serial?73
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> -------- Original message --------From: buddy s <buddys70 at gmail.com>
> Date: 2017-03-19  12:50 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] kat500 can't be seen by kat500 utility
> when i plug in the serial/usb cable, a new com port, com4 appears in the
> list of com ports.  however, the kat500 utility cannot complete the
> handshake when trying to connect to the new com4.  i checked the plug in
> the back, and it appears to be all the way in.
>
> advice and suggestions appreciated.
>
>
> 73 de
> W3BS, Buddy Spiegel
>
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