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Re: [Amps] AE9K Alpha Monitoring Program Web Site?

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Subject: Re: [Amps] AE9K Alpha Monitoring Program Web Site?
From: "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv@arrl.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:13:28 -0800
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For info. about identifying, renumbering, and relabeling COM Port numbers
displayed by Windows Device Manager, see this presentation linked from my
QRZ.COM page <https://www.qrz.com/db/N6TV>.

   - Everything You Need to Know About USB and Serial Interfaces
   <https://bit.ly/USBserial2021>, updated for 2021, presented to Spokane
   DX Association, Feb. 3rd, 2022
      - Watch YouTube recording of this presentation here
      <https://youtu.be/X1yLJ9mi0gY>.

FTDI devices are usually powered from the USB cable connected to the PC,
which is why they appear even when the connected device is turned OFF.

To identify which COM port is the device, open Windows Device Manager,
expand the *Ports* section, then disconnect the USB cable from the Device,
and you should see one or more COM ports disappear from the list (or turn
gray if *View > Show Hidden Devices* is enabled in the Device Manager Menu).

73,
Bob, N6TV


On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 8:11 AM Steve Harrison <k0xp@k0xp.com> wrote:

> Got the AE9K Alpha 8410/8406 monitor program working. TNX to W10's
> intransigence, I had to guess at which COM port it might be on. Then I
> set the comm speed to 115400 bps, and the next time I started the
> monitor program, it magically showed the amp. Have to get used to the
> slow telemetry, however... not sure how far behind it is, but it's still
> displaying my calling in a pileup, and I was last calling some 3 or 4
> minutes ago =8-O
>
> TNX,
>
> SteveH K0XP
>
>
> On 11/19/2023 10:38 PM, Steve Harrison wrote:
> > TNX, I'm not sure how I missed that listing, but I certainly did (or
> > perhaps it wasn't there when I first looked??).
> >
> > Trying to sort out my COM ports in W10 right now; the ones with the
> > name the monitor program says the FTDI ports should have don't show up
> > yet.
> >
> > TNX, Glenn...
> >
> > SteveH K0XP
> >
> >
> > On 11/19/2023 7:27 AM, Glenn AE0Q wrote:
> >> The file is on the Alpha 8410 web page:
> >>
> >> https://www.alpharfsystems.com/?p=1467
> >>
> >> You will need 7-Zip installed to extract it.
> >>
> >> Glenn AE0Q
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