[Elecraft] USB > RS232 Connection Question

[Eric Fitzgerald]

Thanks Curt and all who replied.

The new laptop and Windows 10 recognized my old USB>serial cable and 
then the K3 when I hooked it up.  No problems.

Thanks again everybody

73 Eric KG6MZS

www.kg6mzs.com

On 5/6/22 5:49 PM, Curt Nixon wrote:
> Win 10 should discover the converter cable by itself and you then just 
> look in device manager to verify the com port number it gets 
> assigned.  Set your control software to that com port and all should 
> then remain same.  Serial com parameters need to match of course.
>
> On Fri, May 6, 2022, 7:48 PM Eric Fitzgerald <kg6mzs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Hello All,
>
>     It's been quite a while since I hooked up my older K3 to my
>     computer -
>     it's been running virtually flawlessly for many years. I just got
>     a new
>     laptop and before I connect it to the RS232 port via my vintage
>     Elecraft
>     USB to serial cable, I'm wondering if I have forgotten any "gotchas"
>     about the sequence and/or any drivers required.  It's been so long I
>     just don't remember.  Besides my shack computer is running Windows
>     8.1
>     and this new laptop is running Windows 10.
>
>     I figured I'd ask before I just plugged it in.
>
>     The reason for this new laptop is that I am taking the old K3
>     (#3045) on
>     the road in a few weeks to activate grid DM17 and a few SOTA
>     summits in
>     wilds of Nevada.  Here is the beginnings of the "Gridpedition"
>     blog here:
>
>     http://kg6mzs.com/grid-expedition-to-dm17/
>
>     ...and my general SOTA blog is here:
>
>     www.kg6mzs.com <http://www.kg6mzs.com>
>
>     For those that might want to follow along at home.
>
>     TIA & 73
>
>     Eric KG6MZS
>
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