[Elecraft] [K3] Minor irritation with K3 Firmware Loader, Version 1.0.11.21

[Toby Deinhardt]

Hi Thom,

> You get that message using the K3 software when the rig is not 
> connected? ....perhaps it needs to be connected to the
> K3 to sense which firmware is installed in the rig...with no rig 
> connected, it "knows" you need an update.

Actually I get a message which asking COM port the K3 is connected to, 
which, by the way, makes no sense at all because my laptop does not have 
any COM ports whatsoever, as long as the USB to serial adapter is not 
connected. And then I get a message claiming there is new software 
available, even if there isn't. Repeat at least twice.

Because the files are also stored locally, the Elecraft firmware loader 
"knows" if there is anything "new" on the FTP site, even without a 
connected K3, but you are right that a lack of K3 might be confusing for 
the application.


> If that's the case, maybe it needs a "switch" to tell it there is no rig 
> there.

The "Download from Elecraft without K3" button.


> Man, things have come such a long way from the days of using FTP to get 
> an update, and not knowing if you already had it, or shouldn;t get it, etc.

AMEN!

<humor>It would have been really cool if Elecraft had used SVN in the 
loader and in the K3...</humor>


vy 73 de toby
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