[Elecraft] K3 #811 Locked Up

[Bill W4ZV]

Robert Tellefsen wrote:
> 
> Guess it's my turn to have a problem.
> Rig here is K3 #811.
> Options are KAT3, KXV3, KBPF3, 400 Hz 8 pole xfil.
> 
> My problem is that at turn-on I have every icon on the LCD display on
> simultaneously, almost like an LCD display test.
> Rig doesn't respond to any commands.
> Tried connecting to the K3 Utility, and it says,
> "Cannot communicate with K3".  I've checked both serial ports,
> so that doesn't "appear" to be the problem.
> I've tried recycling power several times with no luck.
> 
> What can I do to break it out of this?
> 

Try rebooting the computer with the K3 off.  Then power on the K3.  If that
doesn't work, try EE INIT on page 55 of the manual.  Here are a couple of
additional points I discovered when I did this once (submitted to Elecraft
but not sure it's in the current docs):

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1.  4th bullet from bottom of p 55 "When EE INIT completes..."  I found it
necessary to PWR OFF and ON my K3 to continue the process.

2.  3rd bullet from bottom "If you have a computer..."  My K3 Utility had to
be closed and reopened to remove an error on the Config page (something like
"colon missing" at bottom of Utility Config window) which was preventing me
from checking Filter Configuration to see if Restore got all the settings
correct (...it did).
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I also hope you've recently done a Config Save...otherwise you may need to
go through all the Cal procedures in the manual.

73,  Bill

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