[Ham-Mac] Problem Installing FTDI USBSerialDriver

[Willard Myers]

"Adding" and "Removing" are not the same thing as "installing" and "installing". And, USB-serial drivers are not the same thing as USB-UART drivers.

Read what I wrote. Your FTDI serial driver is installed and working. The device on the other (serial) side of the adapter is not working.

On Apr 1, 2012, at 16:58 PM, Don Singer wrote:

> Bill:
> 
> Thanks for the feedback but I not sure that this is what is going on. 
> All of the Adding FTDI driver, then Removing, then Adding, occurs when I 
> boot up and the keyer is turned on - or conversely, when I turn the 
> keyer on and the computer is running.
> 
> So, by the time I launch Skookum the driver has already been Added, 
> Removed, then Added again. Skookum sees a driver name, as does 
> MacLoggerDX, but again, no communication.
> 
> So, it is a chicken and egg thing. You may very well be correct that 
> this is an implementation issue regarding the Winkeyer compatibility - 
> however, I get the _exact _same results from a microHam product as I do 
> with the Hamgadgets Masterkeyer - this may be coincidence and may be not.
> 
> So, I am curious as to why the system Adds, then Removes, then Adds the 
> driver again. This does not happen with the UART_USB driver that is used 
> to communicate with the Icom 7600...it is Added and that is it and it works.
> 
> Thanks
> Don KF7QZB
> 
> On 3/31/2012 4:28 AM, K1GQ wrote:
>> On 2012.03.31, at 01:16, Don Singer wrote:
>> 
>>> When I use SkookumLogger and try to connect to a K1EL compatible keyer,
>>> I get the message "Winkeyer echo test read failed with AMSerial
>>> code:100...See AMSercialErrors.h".
>> Before SkookumLogger gets to the point where this error happens, it has successfully opened and configured the serial port. AMSerial error code 100 means that the attempt to read the response to the Winkeyer echo test admin command has timed out with nothing read. That tells me that the serial driver is working and the device itself is not: either it doesn’t fully implement the Winkeyer command set, or it is in a bad state. If it were a real Winkeyer I’d advise you to learn how to reset it.
>> 
>>   Bill, K1GQ
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