Dave:
Well, I'm now gravitating toward a solution to all of this which involves
USB to serial adapters.
It turns out that the N3FJP software and wave files work flawlessly using a
USB to serial adapter, and the serial port on the TS590, so that may be the
best route to go here, rather than worrying about the USB virtual com port
driver.
I need to make a trip to Staples to pick up another USB to serial adapter,
and once that is accomplished, I'll know more.
Thanks very much for your offer of help, and I'll keep everyone posted.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Simpson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: Still having problems with N3FJP wave files
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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