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

[W4JBA]

Floyd,

The USB cable that the W2 uses has an FTDI chip in it. I agree with you, 
it does sound like a driver issue. Since you've determined that your 
Comm port driver is installed,  It kinda sounds like you may not have an 
FTDI driver installed in your computer.

I had the same problem with WIN10 on my computer. I went to the FTDI 
download site and obtained and installed the latest FTDI Chip drivers. 
All is well now.

Anyway, it's just a thought.

73,

Jim w4jba


On 3/6/2019 12:07 PM, Floyd Sense 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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