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

[Thomas Norff]

Hi Ed,

I did it with a file rename...
The Software offers only the newest file to upload to the receiver.

Download all available files from the FTP site if you don't have them
already on your pc.
Restart the software and configure the 'advanced mode'  (view menu...).

After uploading the firmware you can just rename the file to its original
name.
The software will offer the newest version as before...

Didn't find any information about concernes to switch between the different
versions.
Especially the dependencies between the MCU and DSP versions is not clear.

Maybe Elecraft can give us some information ... ?


Thomas, DM7TN


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ed K1EP
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 1:23 AM
To: David Woolley; 'Elecraft List'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Minor irritation with K3 Firmware
Loader,Version 1.0.11.21

At 11/25/2007 07:51 AM, David Woolley wrote:
>Dick Dievendorff wrote:
>>File time stamps are not used.  Version numbers are implied from
filenames.
>
>wget will still work in that environment, although rsync probably 
>wouldn't be useful.
>
>Typically, though, what people do with ftp distribution sites under 
>those conditions is to have a link to the current version, as well as 
>the numbered versions.

The problem I have with the download utility is that it doesn't allow you to
revert to an older version of the firmware.  Maybe you can rename the file,
but then you probably will risk not being able to load a later version of
that name.  Does anyone know how to revert to a previous firmware load?

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