[Elecraft] K3 Help

[Mike N8XPQ]

I have confirmed that the Com port is functioning properly as I have run the
programming software for my HT on it. I have also tried several different
computers as well as laptops. I am convinced that the problem lies in the
K3. It refuses to communicate with the PC's. It seems to be stuck in the MCU
loading state and is not accepting any commands from the K3 loader software.
The last time the rig was functional it was operating on firmware version
2.10 and I had noticed a possible problem communicating with it via the com
port. I attempted to upgrade to the latest firmware and this is now where I
am stuck. When the K3 loader starts up it displays a message stating it is
unable to communicate with K3. At times when I display the command tester
screen it will show a strange "y" character with 2 dots on top of it
scrolling across and filling the screen. That will stop if I disconnect the
Com cable from the back of the rig. When I re-connect it and refresh the
command tester screen it starts up again displaying the strange character. I
have taken  out the K3IO board and re-seated it in the rig and the problem
persists.
ARGH !!!!!!!!

Any help or further suggestions  PLEASE!!!!!:-)

Thanks in advance,

Mike N8XPQ



Mike N8XPQ wrote:
> 
> My K3 is stuck in MCU LD mode. I have tried everything in reference to the
> com port settings. The K3 utility continues to say K3 not communicating. I
> have the latest version of the utility and have attempted to re-load 2.10
> firmware as well as 2.13 with no luck. I have also tried forcing a
> firmware load  per the manual and directions in the firmware help files.
> Still no luck. Any ideas????? I really don't want to be with a "dead" rig
> all weekend.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike N8XPQ
> 


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