I use the USB connection all the time, although it has been quite a 
while since I set it up.  Baud rates in the radio and software have to 
agree.

Menu 62 in the radio is for uSB connection baud rate.    If you ever 
change this  setting, the radio must be powered off and turned back on 
again for this setting to take effect.   Other menu settings don't 
behave this way, but comm settings do.


If you change baud rate in the software, the settings  don't take effect 
at once.    I think you need to do a new connection from the   main 
window of the software.


73, Steve  KW3A


On 1/12/2015 11:00 PM, Mike Keithley wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I'm learning how to use the Kenwood control software to configure my TS590. I'm using this on an HP laptop with 32-bit Windows 7. The release notes with the Kenwood software say I need .net framework 3.5, but I have 4.5. (My thinking is that 4.5 is OK, it's just newer.)
>
> I decided to try using the USB cable, so I got the Kenwood virtual Comm port software, which is part of the Network Command package. I installed this software without connecting the USB cable to the radio (the release notes said to do it this way). After the driver was installed, I connected the USB cable to the radio, and another driver installed successfully, and the default sound card was taken over by the radio, and I lost speech from Jaws. I got that back by disconnecting the radio and setting the sound card in Jaws to be "speakers."
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> When I tried the Control software, it seemed to be accessible, but I find that I can't communicate with the radio. I made sure the right port is being used (the virtual port used Comm3).
>
> So my question is: has anyone here used the USB cable to connect the Ts590 to the computer? Do you have to fiddle with the baud rate?
>
> Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
>
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