Way to go, Don! Glad you got it going. 73! Jack, W6FB
> On Mar 27, 2020, at 8:34 PM, Don Putnick <donnie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The short version: usb-to-serial adapter driver snafu > > The long version: Way back when I bought my K3, Elecraft was having problems > with the KUSB. I bought a Keyspan adapter instead and installed the Keyspan > driver. Over the years, I updated the driver when I updated the macOS. The > Keyspan stopped working with macOS Catalina, and Keyspan won't update the > driver to be compatible with Catalina. I just bought a new KUSB and tried to > install the FTDI VCP driver. For whatever reason, yesterday the driver > installer wouldn't work. So I installed the FTDI D2XX driver. The K3 Utility > still wouldn't work. Then came a chain of emails via the reflector. I > uninstalled the D2XX driver, hoping the macOS Catalina native driver would > take over. Nope. Just for chuckles, I tried again to install the VCP driver. > Today the installer worked. After a reboot, the K3 Utility is working just > fine. Whether it was the Keyspan driver or the D2XX driver or macOS Catalina > causing the problem, that's beyond my expertise and interest. Thanks to all > of you for your help. I really do appreciate it. > > 73 Don NA6Z > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 5:37 PM Jack Brindle <jackbrin...@me.com > <mailto:jackbrin...@me.com>> wrote: > Interesting. You should be seeing the KPA500 serial port in the K3 Utility > list of serial ports. That tells me that the program is not picking them up > from the system. > > David, what do you think? > > With Don at dinner, back to CQ WPX… > > 73! > Jack, W6FB > > >> On Mar 27, 2020, at 5:35 PM, Don Putnick <donnie...@gmail.com >> <mailto:donnie...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Nope. The K3 and KPA500 are my only serial devices. XYL priority interrupt - >> dinner. Thanks, guys. I'll delete the D2XX drivers tomorrow and report back >> in. BTW, I'm no longer freaked out. If I need to do any K3 utility work, I >> now have the Win version on the other partition, and a Sierra MPB with the >> Mac version, both operational. This is not a "this should not be happening" >> project. >> 73 Don NA6Z >> >> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 5:29 PM Jack Brindle <jackbrin...@me.com >> <mailto:jackbrin...@me.com>> wrote: >> I believe that is probably a good idea. In Catalina, drivers (known as >> KEXTs) now need a reboot to take effect. If you did reboot your machine, >> then the D2XX drivers are now in place. I have never seen the D2XX drivers >> interfere with the regular FTDI drivers, but it is possible. Note that >> uninstalling them will require another reboot. >> >> Do you have anything else with an FTDI serial interface that you can plug in >> and see what happens? >> >> 73! >> Jack, W6FB >> >> >>> On Mar 27, 2020, at 5:24 PM, Don Putnick <donnie...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:donnie...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> David, yes, deleting the preferences brought back the window. I'm wondering >>> if I should uninstall the D2XX driver and just use what Catalina provides. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 5:21 PM David Fleming <df...@yahoo.com >>> <mailto:df...@yahoo.com>> wrote: >>> Did deleting the preferences bring the window >>> back? I hope installing the D2xx driver didn’t create any conflicts? It >>> hopefully shouldn’t. >>> >>> David >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS> >>> >>> On Friday, March 27, 2020, 8:11 PM, Jack Brindle <jackbrin...@me.com >>> <mailto:jackbrin...@me.com>> wrote: >>> >>> David; >>> >>> Thanks for jumping in. Don, David is the author. >>> >>> I had him delete the preferences, now he is not seeing the USB port. I >>> suspect the first run, with bad prefs may have not released the serial >>> port, so I had him either log out/in or reboot. >>> Waiting for Don’s response now. >>> >>> Always great to hear from you! >>> >>> 73, >>> Jack, W6FB >>> >>> >>> > On Mar 27, 2020, at 5:03 PM, David Fleming via Elecraft >>> > <elecraft@mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi Don, >>> > Are you seeing the K3 Utility menu at the top of the screen when you >>> > start the app? If so, click Window -> Set To Default Position and see if >>> > that helps. If not, we’ll have to try something else. >>> > David, W4SMT >>> > >>> > On Friday, March 27, 2020, 7:05 PM, Don Putnick <donnie...@gmail.com >>> > <mailto:donnie...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > Hi all, >>> > >>> > I'm working with Rob at Elecraft on this, but I'm trying to gather more >>> > data for us. When I open the K3 Utility under Catalina, nothing is >>> > displayed. If I go down to the dock, right click on the utility, then >>> > select "Show all windows", the utility main screen opens. BUT if I click >>> > on >>> > the screen, it closes immediately. The KAT500 Utility works just fine, so >>> > I >>> > don't think its the usb-to-serial cable or the driver. And the K3 Utility >>> > works correctly under macOS Sierra. Anyone else experiencing this? >>> > >>> > 73 Don NA6Z >>> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
