[PCR-1000] Larry's usb to serial port converter

[Brian W. Antoine]

At 12:20 PM 4/24/02, you wrote:


>I bought a Larry's usb converter that Tim Edwards recommended and it works
>great, except now I have my pcr-1000 and the pcr software does not see the
>connection.  It works, I can tune the radio, then up pops a screen saying
>the com port 2 is not connected and the pcr-1000 software freezes until I
>click the ok button on the screen saying its not working, while it is
>working.  when I click the ok button, it does stop working.  what gives? is
>this a pcr-1000 software problem, or did I buy the wrong usb converter from
>Larry?  Ivan ivanhead@msn.com

  When you say "pcr-1000 softwar" are you talking about the brain dead win3.1
software Icom ships with the radio or something else?  If it's the Icom software,
it probably isn't realizing the com port even exists because it's making old
style calls to the O/S.  Try a copy of TalkPCR as an experiment, it should work
fine.