OK, I think you're on to something Joe. I shut down Bridge and moved Commander's serial port to the Router-created COM-2 instead of the Bridge-created COM-13 and I got decode back.
Since I'm going to be controlling and polling the radio using DX Lab Suite, Skimmer, NaP3 and N1MM in the future I obviously need both Bridge and Router working at the same time. Is there any way to use both of these apps together without incompatibility issues?
I've had problems with CAT control going the other way, too. Bridge fails to connect automatically to the K3 on the Router-created COM-2 port. It will connect--eventually and manually--but it's not simple.
Is there a way to keep Router only for Winkey and RTTY/digi-modes using the MK-II but letting Bridge handle the CAT control and poll functions to all my loggers, my skimmer and so on? Or some other preferred way?