Tom,
I'm not sure if I can help or not. I use USB-to-serial cables to
connect my laptop to braille printers and displays, but I've never tried
using it with a rig. I also have experience configuring for more than one
sound card, and I'm using Windows 7.
If nobody comes along with more specific help in the next few days,
I'd be glad to connect by phone or Skype.
Dave
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From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 5:43 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Still having problems with N3FJP wave files
Hi, everyone.
Well, as Steve (KW3A) knows, I'm just about at the end of my rope here
getting the N3FJP logging software to work correctly with my new Windows 7
laptop. I'm almost to the point of looking for a cheap XP laptop, as others
have suggested, or taking the ARCP590 software off of the laptop, putting it
on the old Windows XP work computer on the other side of my office, and
using a big long straight-through serial cable between the serial port on
the TS590, and the serial port on the old XP machine whenever I need to
program the 590.
Here's my situation as best as I can explain it:
I have the ARCP590 software, and the Windows 7 virtual USB com port driver
set to port 10. I also have the N3FJP logging software and the windows 7
virtual comport driver set to port 10, if I should want to use that for some
reason. Both the rig and computer are set at 9600 baud, and menu 63 in the
590 is set to USB. Currently, I'm using a USB to serial adapter for the
N3FJP CW keying, and the software and USB to serial adapter are configured
for port 3.
I'm using the USB sound card as my sound card for Jaws, because if I use the
normal sound card as my default, I loose Jaws when plugging in the USB
cable.
The only way I can get the wave files for the N3FJP software to work is to
completely unplug the USB connection. The wave files will then play, but I
have no rig control any more via the N3FJP interface or via the ARCP 590
software.
Once I plug the USB cable back in, I can control the rig separately either
via the N3FJP software, or the ARCP590 software, but then the N3FJP wave
files are gone.
One of our list members (Bob, K8LR) thinks my problem with getting the N3FJP
wave files to play may relate to the fact that windows 7 is seeing the ts590
as a
sound device.
In light of this, I'm wondering if there is any way to get the Windows 7
machine not to see the TS590 as a sound device? Is there any way for me to
have the N3FJP rig interface and CW
sending interface run together on the Windows 7 machine? If necessary, I
can certainly
live without running the ARCP590 software on the Windows 7 laptop, since I
basically only plan to use it for
storing memory data and other rig parameters.
I don't know if I am making any sense here, so I'll stop now while I'm
ahead.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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