[Elecraft] Need help in communicating with W2 from Win 10

[Bob Gibson]

I have the same problem here with the W2.. I gave up!! Good luck!!

   73s Bob W5RG
 

    On Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 12:22:44 PM CST, Michael Walker <va3mw at portcredit.net> wrote:  
 
 Make sure you don't have multiple Com 9's.  You may have some ghosted Com
ports.

Mike
va3mw

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 12:07 PM Floyd Sense <k8ac at k8ac.net> wrote:

> Acquired a used W2 today and have the hardware hooked up and operating.
> The W2 works just fine.  Now I'm attempting to establish communications
> with the W2 from the PC, with no luck thus far.  The PC is running Win
> 10 Home, 64 bit.  I'm using the Elecraft USB cable plugged into the PC
> Data jack on the W2 and a USB2 port on the PC .  When I plug the USB
> cable into the PC, Windows recognizes it and creates a new Com port.
> Next, I attempt to use the Elecraft W2 program to communicate with the
> W2, specifying the new Com port (Com9) in Setup.  A message at the
> bottom of the Setup window says "Looking for a W2..." and it sits there
> that way forever.  If I try the W2 Utility, it tells me that it has
> opened Com9 and is polling the W2 and that the W2 is not responding.
>
> A trace of activity on the Com9 port when using the W2 program shows
> Com9 opening and the program sending a semicolon repeatedly to the W2,
> but no responses at all.  A check in Device Manager properties says the
> latest driver is installed for the W2 port and that driver level is
> 2.12.28.0 dated 8/16/17.  Unable to check the firmware level with the W2
> utility since the W2 doesn't respond.
>
> So, where to go from here?  I suspect a driver problem, but it's not
> clear what to do about it.
>
>
> 73, Floyd - K8AC
>
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