[Elecraft] OT SDR-14 Win 10 USB driver help

[Steve Glickstein]

Try plugging the device into a different USB port, preferably a port 
using a different USB controller on your computer. (For example, if the 
device is plugged into a USB 2.0 port, try a USB 3.0 port, or vice 
versa). Wait a few seconds and with luck you may see a quick popup 
message saying that Windows has loaded the driver and the device is 
ready for use.

I had a similar problem a couple of days ago on my Windows 10 Pro 
computer. The external USB audio device I use for data comm showed up 
fine in Device Manager and all the drivers showed as current and 
working.  Yet, WSJT-X and other software triggered a popup message that 
they couldn't connect to the device. Switching ports fixed it.  After 
that, I put the device back on its original port and the "loading 
driver" message popped up again and its working fine where it was.

If my suggestion doesn't work, you may need to uninstall and install 
again.  I wanted to avoid that because my external device also operates 
four USB-to-RS232 comm ports and they are always a pain to reload and 
fix the comm port assignments.

73,
Steve W4FMD

On 9/6/2019 5:36 PM, gregg.w6izt1 at gmail.com wrote:
> I recently updated my FTDI drivers to support a new FTDI USB device that I
> added to my station. The new device works fine But the SDR-14 that I use as
> a panadapter has stopped working. SW for the SDR-14 show an error "USB not
> connected". The Win10 device manager recognizes the SDR-14 but no driver is
> installed. I went through this once before, but I am now unable to correct
> the problem. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Gregg W6IZT
>
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