[Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

[David Fleming]

Julian,

The Linux version of the K3 Utility is forthcoming. It
should be ready for testing sometime this coming week.
The serial port routines I'm using do not always
identify -all- of the serial ports on a Linux system
(eg USB to Serial adapters). So if the active serial
port is not listed in the popup menu, the user may
specify the active serial port by typing it into a
text field. On my system, the Keyspan USB to Serial
adapter is assigned to /dev/ttyUSB0 .. 

*Minimum* requirements for the Linux version include:

x86-based Linux distributions with GTK+ 2.8 (or
higher) 
glibc-2.3 (or higher) 
libstdc++.so.6
**A PROPERLY CONFIGURED RS-232 PORT THAT IS KNOWN TO
WORK WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS**

Other requirements may be necessary for certain Linux
distros. I'm running it successfully on Ubuntu 7.04
Feisty Fawn.

I hope you'll be willing to do some testing. At this
point, you may be the only other Linux user with a K3.
If there are others that would be willing to help
test, please contact me off list and I'll keep you in
the loop.

tnx,

David, W4SMT




--- G4ILO <julian.g4ilo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I have switched over to Linux for my shack computer
> but have observed an
> issue affecting some programs that use the serial
> port including the
> Elecraft K3 Update Utility. These programs populate
> a list of COM ports
> available to use and only allow you to use one of
> them. Under wine this list
> is empty, therefore you cannot use the software.
> 
> In my own program I was able to overcome the problem
> by changing the
> software to allow me to force the serial port by
> typing it in, even though
> it was not listed in the drop-down. The K3 Update
> Utility allows me to type
> in COM1 but then displays an error when I try to use
> it. Is it possible it
> could be made a bit less strict in this area to
> allow its use under Linux /
> wine?
> 
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