[Elecraft] [K3] FirmWare Updates

[Dick Dievendorff]

The message indicates that garbled responses are received forom the  
commands used to read EEPROM.

Try 38400 bps or a different cable. I doubt that an older K3 Utility  
will change this

Save config is important before EEINIT but not normally necessary for  
firmeware updates.
The window caption is wrong, I'll fix that

Dick, K6KR



Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 24, 2009, at 1:20, Richard Davis <richard at aroundwood.com> 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
>
> ====================================================
>
> David Wilburn wrote:
>> Yes, you can save the configuration using the firmware utility.  I
>> have not noticed many config changes.  In the past (many releases  
>> ago)
>> a few items changed on occasion, but I haven't noticed anything like
>> that for quite a while.
>>
>> Dave Wilburn
>> NM4M
>>
>> Rich wrote:
>>> Is it my imagination or does loading a new version of firmware  
>>> reset to
>>> default or change in some way some of the settings I have  
>>> programmed in?
>>> Why do setting change after a new firmware load? If this is to be  
>>> expected
>>> can I save the configuration and then reload my saved  
>>> configuration after
>>> updating the firmware?
>>>
>>> Rich
>>>
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