In the device manager, what port does the computer say is being assigned to the device (USB/Serial adaptor)? (the USB/Serial adaptor is often built in to the cable, forming one link in a small chain of devices).
Irrespective of my question, it does appear at this stage to be an incorrectly installed driver, OR a counterfeit cable or IC in the cable. If this is the case you need to clean the old drivers off your PC, and use older drivers, and prevent M$ updates from installing newer drivers. This is your very best option in this situation. Usually, but not always, the drivers in this situation are often flagged with a yellow or even a red triangle but even then it's not always marked this way.
It's also possible comm port 3 is being used by something else and you need to change the port number the comm port uses in the device manager as suggested already.
I suspect the drivers are not correctly installed. Try cleaning the old drivers off, and then try these, starting with the old one set first, http://www.wouxun.com/down_01.asp?SortID=10&SortPath=0,10,
Dennis Smith M1DLG
On 20 June 2015 at 22:23, JS de.ka7ara@gmail.com wrote:
No, it tells me to use port 3. I also tried several others just to see what would happen. I tried changing the bit rate and always got negative results. One of these days I'll try loading the factory program for the Wouxun, if it works it might prove a point of some kind. Other than that I can always use the Vista machine, it uses port 6 and always works FB.
Thanks for the thoughts Jim, I appreciate it..
Jim S KA7ARAOn Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 10:07 AM, JS de.ka7ara@gmail.com wrote:
John The message I receive when attempting to connect the Baofeng or the Wouxun is as follows.
An error has occurred Could not open port 3 (error 2) The system could not find the file specified.
Thanks for the reply
Jim
Jim S KA7ARAHi Jim,
It sounds to me like you may be selecting the wrong com port. It is most likely different from what it was before. Look in device manager to see which port is being assigned to your programming cable.
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