[Elecraft] [K3] FirmWare Updates

[Don Wilhelm]

Richard,

Back up to an older K3Utility if you can find it and then save the 
configuration.
After that is done, load the new K3Utility and proceed to update the 
firmware.

If you cannot locate the older K3Utility, I would suggest that you just 
update the firmware.  The probability that a new firmware load will 
change the configuration is low.  We do occasionally hear of isolated 
instances where it *appears* as though a change has occurred, but I do 
not recall that such changes have been substantiated and repeatable.

73,
Don W3FPR

Richard Davis wrote:
> On this subject I offer the following:
>
> Just today, I attempted to save my K3 configuration using a fresh newly 
> downloaded K3 Utility.  The "save configuration" option failed with the 
> following notice:
>
> +--------------------------------
> |  Window title:  POWER ON BANNER ERROR
> |
> |   Error Msg:  K3 Get command failed to return the expected response | 
>   |   after several attempts.
> +--------------------------------
>
> Does this look familiar to any one?
>
> I am moving up from MCU 2.46/FPF0.02/DSP1_1.92    ...yeah, I 
> know--ancient history.  :-)
>
> Is it possible that the K3 Utility assumes it will only be used to 
> update from some MCU version more recent that 2.46?  ...say the first 
> one that introduces the 'power on banner' feature?
>
> Since I could not get a backup of the existing configuration, I did not 
> attempt to do an upgrade.
>
> Thoughts appreciated,
>
> Richard
> K5BWV
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