[aprssig] Help: Win 10 Laptop/No Com Ports.

[Peter Laws N5UWY]

I had to look because I couldn't remember if the 7200 made the cutoff
as "new" (i.e., has USB) ... but it did!  And I see the "no ports"
think everywhere ...  Have fun!

On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 8:01 PM KB5ILY - Travis W. Burton
<kb5ily at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> Peter,
>
> I thought that I had downloaded and installed the driver a couple weeks
> ago from the Icom USA site, but maybe I just dreamed doing it.  When I
> downloaded & installed it from the link you provided then turned on the
> rig and plugged in the cable, Com 4 showed up in my software where it had
> not been before.  I selected it, then had to find the serial speed.  But
> now it is working as it should be. Thanks.
>
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, Peter Laws N5UWY wrote:
>
> > Do you have the USB driver loaded?
> >
> > https://www.icomjapan.com/support/firmware_driver/1974/
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 4:50 PM KB5ILY - Travis W. Burton
> > <kb5ily at arrl.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> For the past couple of weeks I have been trying to connect my new HP
> >> laptop running Windows 10 to my IC-7200 to try various digital modes.
> >> However, it seems upon inspection of Device Manager there is not any
> >> indication of the laptop having Com ports defined, despite the laptop
> >> having two USB ports.
> >>
> >> Would anyone know of a workable solution, maybe other than replacing the
> >> laptop?  Thanks
> >>
> >> 73 de Travis KB5ILY / PG00041468
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> 73 de Travis KB5ILY / PG00041468
> 870-260-6068 (Phone)
> --
>      Travis W. Burton, NP, ESQ., KB5ILY (QCWA) & GROL / Arkadelphia AR
>                  President, DeGray Amateur Radio club, Inc.
>         EC - Clark County AR / SW Arkansas District Emergency Coord.
>                 SATERN, ARRL Instructor & VE, AREC I, II & III
>                            W5YI Instructor & VE
>                        Internet: mailto:kb5ily at arrl.net
>           http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/9877/web/?rl=rr
>                           WWW:  http://www.kb5ily.org
>                     GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA
> Only he who Attempts the Ridiculous can Achieve the Impossible. (WILL HENRY)
>                     Linux is my operating system of choice.
>
>                     Computers are like Air Conditioners,
>               they stop working correctly when you open windows.
>
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