[Elecraft] Help!

[Dick Dievendorff]

Thanks for the follow-up response, Tom.  Problems like this can give one a
sinking feeling...  

Very glad you're QRV now.

I'm getting ready for Sweepstakes now, our club's big domestic contest of
the year.   I'm in Nevada.

73 de Dick, K6KR


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Wylie [mailto:tom at gm4fdm.com] 
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 10:39 AM
To: Dick Dievendorff
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Help!

Absolutely correct DIck - appears to have been a faulty serial cable - 
my first ever.
Cold sweat now over   hihi
K3 singing merrily.....

Thanks for the guidance

73 de Tom
GM4FDM

Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> Do you have a direct connection between your computer and the K3?  Not
> through something like a microHAM controller, right?
>
> I test this all the time.  It's usually a cabling problem between the PC
and
> the K3.  
>
> Please use the K3 Utility's Port Tab "test communications" button or
restart
> the K3 Utility (both cause the K3 Utility to try communications at all
baud
> rates).  The K3 in its "boot loader" state (which is indicated by the red
Tx
> LED and "MCU LD" in the display (which may not be lit) will communicate at
> only 38,400 bps.  The K3 Utility's Test Communications button should
detect
> that the K3 is at this baud rate and show a "warning" (exclamation point)
> dialog box with that baud rate in it.  
>
> It might help to beg or borrow a different RS-232 cable.
>
> These problems are frightening, but are most often due to a
straightforward
> cabling problem.
>
> Dick, K6KR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Wylie
> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 7:09 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Help!
>
> This afternoon I tried to upgrade the firmware and got a problen.
>
> Now the K3  TX LED is blinking and the LCD display shows     MCU  LD
>
> Referring to the handbook It says I should reload the firmware.......
>
> My computers tells me the K3 is not responding and wont upload the new 
> firmware.
>
> Forcing a firmware Download:    tried unplugging hte power from the K3 
> as suggested for 10 seconds,  held the POWER switch for 10 seconds      
> TX LED is now flashing as above and I still have MCU  LD on the LCD 
> Display and the computer STILL tells me the K3 is not 
> res[ponding.......Where do I go from here?
>
>
> Tom
> GM4FDM
>
>   

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