David,
I'm not much of a CW guy, and I may be in over my head on this one. I
think the Winkey2 uses a serial connection (either mother boared comm
port, or USB to serial interface), while the Winkey USB has a direct
USB connection between pc and keyer.
I was incorrect when I said I don't have to worry about comm ports on
this one. The software installs a virtual comm port on the pc, similar
to what the Kenwood software does when connecting the TS-590 to the pc
via USB.
My reason for suggesting you look at device manager, is that in both
cases ( 590 and Winkey USB) the virtual comm port
drivers installed with port numbers that I had to change to make all
work right.
Probably not much help, wasn't trying to muddy the waters for you.
73, Steve KW3A
On 12/30/2012 4:35 AM, David W Wood wrote:
> Hi Steve
>
> What is the difference between a Winkeyer_USB and Winkey2?
>
> As I mentioned in my previous, the FTDI driver seems to have produced Com 5
> and 6, but I can't seem to find Winkey2 as the device associated with either
> of them despite selecting either in the Winkey setup program.
>
> I must admit to be on the outskirts of my hardware interfacing knowledge on
> this one!
>
> 73
>
> ATB
>
> David W Wood
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:53 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: winkey setup problem
>
> David,
>
> Just a shot in the dark (so to speak). Have you gone into device
> manager and confirmed your ports are working ok? I know you can also
> rename comm ports in device manager to do away with a conflict or to
> find a port number a particular device will be happy with.
>
> I'm using a Winkeyer USB, so don't have to worry about comm ports for
> this one.
>
> 73, Happy New Year, Steve KW3A
>
> On 12/29/2012 11:36 AM, David W Wood wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> Hopefully someone can help.
>>
>> I have installed the FTDI VCP drivers and am told through my hardware
> setup
>> that I have com ports 1-5-6.
>> 1 is already used for the rig.
>>
>> I then installed Winkey2 and tried to setup using com port 5-6 but am told
>> that keyer is unavailable when I chose one of these. For the hell of it,
>> looked at com 2-3-4 and got the same result.
>> All this even after shutting down the program and re-booting it.
>>
>> No, I didn't make the error of plugging the key into a USB port first!
>>
>> Any comments will be very welcome!
>>
>> 73
>>
>> ATB
>>
>> David W Wood
>>
>>
>>
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>
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