[Elecraft] Firmwre upgrade

[Milt Jensen, N5IA]

Jessie,  Thanks for the reply.  No, I had not allowed the rig to just sit
there for a period of time.  Following your usggestion, I have done so and
the rig finally reads the new Firmware after approximately one minute.

However, there appears to be another problem.  The I/O Firmware is NOT being
read.  I get a 081 message.  I have tried the EPROMs for the other rigs and
the same problem.  I have returned the old Firmware chips and still the
same.  So, I believe there is a component problem associated with the CW
keying Mod.

I have been over the mods a number of times, together with another Ham, and
find no problem with component placing, etc.  I find it hard to believe that
the components in this section might shut down the whole capability of
reading the I/O chip.  Anyway, exhausted here.  Any suggestions of where to
go to find a clue?  Thanks in advance for the effort.

Milt, N5IA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jessie Oberreuter" <joberreu at moselle.com>
To: "Milt Jensen, N5IA" <n5ia at zia-connection.com>
Cc: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Firmwre upgrade


>
>      You need to leave the rig on for a bit (30 seconds, a minute? It's in
> the manual), the message will clear, and you're radio will be ready for
> re-configuring.  I presume this time is needed for re-initializing all of
> the configuration memory.  Did you do this?
>
>
> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Milt Jensen, N5IA wrote:
>
> > I constructed the DSP board for my K-2 today and all went well.
Proceeded
> > to do the CW keying mod which also requires the Firmware update.  No
problem
> > with the hardware mod, but when turning the radio on after the two new
> > Firmware EEProm's were installed, all I get is the 201 message display.
The
> > manual says this shouldn't happen, but if it does it will only happen on
the
> > initial power up after a Firmware upgrade.
> >
> > I can't get the radio out of this mode.  I haven't tried going back to
the
> > old Firmware yet.  Any ideas from anyone out there.
> >
> > I have three more club owned K-2's to do the same
mods/additions/upgrades to
> > and I want to get this one straightened out before proceeding on the
next
> > one.  And FD is only 3 weeks away.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advice.
> >
> > Milt, N5IA
> >
> >
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