[Elecraft] KX3/SignaLink issues....

[Tom Francis, W1TEF]

Season's Greetings to everyone on the list.

I've been trying to set up for digital communications and I
am having some trouble getting the computer to communicate
with the KX3.

I keep getting hamlib errors - the latest is "communications timed
out while opening connection to rig"....

Instead of jamming the already busy list, can somebody point me in
the direction of some plain language (not technobabble) instructions
on setting my KX3/SignalLink up for FT-8.

Before anybody gets snarky, the computer industry passed me by
many years ago and at my age, I'm willing to reeducate myself on
all things computer, but I have to start somewhere.

Thanks in advance.

Tom, W1TEF
Chief Luddite in Charge Of Nothing