[Elecraft] COM port problems

[Bill Frantz]

I have not had the problem of devices “moving” on the Mac. I think the Mac uses the FDTI serial number to keep them straight. When I was using a RS-232 protocol analyzer on to chase a problem, I had 4 Elecraft FTDI RS-232 <—> USB cables hooked up. Two for the two directions of the analyzer, one for the K3 acting as test machine, and 1 for a KX3 acting as the other end of the RF link. The Mac always seemed to keep them straight, even when I plugged them into different USB sockets on hubs etc.

I’ve always wondered why Microsoft hasn’t fixed this problem. And I sympathize with my friends who use Windows.

73 Bill AE6JV

> On Jul 3, 2022, at 06:59:59, Dave B via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> I have zero experience of Apple Mac's.  But they use a custom version of BSD as their OS, that is more like Unix than Linux.  So it is likely some if not all of the above could work on them too. If Apple let you dig that deep and meddle…