[Elecraft] Windows Update and the K3 USB Audio

[Mark Musick]

I believe this problem has been solved in Windows 10.
I've not had a problem with com ports changing with Windows 10 updates.
The problem has been with audio settings changing. The setting its self doesn't change, but the audio level at that setting changes.  When upgrading to version 1903 I had to increase the PWR (really an audio output) setting in FT8 and increase the line setting on the K3S to get 4 bars solid with the fifth bar flickering.
I think it was Don, W3FPR that mentioned some time ago that the com port assignment problem had been resolved in Windows 10. Of course I could be mistaken. If I am, someone will correct me.

73,
Mark, WB9CIF

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Bill Frantz
Sent: Friday, August 2, 2019 13:09
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windows Update and the K3 USB Audio

As far as I know, Macs don't have this problem. Those trying to solve it in Linux might try to understand how Apple addresses it. With some luck, the Apple approach is in the open source part of MacOS, making it easy to study. Windows users might approach Microsoft saying that other OSs have solved the problem, why does your OS still have it?

73 Bill AE6JV

On 8/2/19 at 2:52 AM, elecraft at mailman.qth.net (Dave B via
Elecraft) wrote:

>You can "fix" regular USB<>Serial devices, to always show up at the 
>same COM port, when the system (re)starts, or you (re)plug something.
>Plenty of instructions on the interweb, including this which I had a 
>part in, that seems to work with Windows 10 & earlier.
>
>http://www.w1hkj.com/doku/doku.php?id=howto:taming_the_wild_comport_in_
>windows
>
>For Linux users, you can use "udev rules" to do the same (and more.)
>
>I have no idea re MAC's, but you could ask about the issue on any of 
>the *BSD mailing lists.
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