[Elecraft] [KRC2] "No KRC2 found" error

[Dave New, N8SBE]

Thanks, folks, for the quick replies.  Kind of a bummer, but maybe if I
can get my hands on the v1.6 download, I can get it to work.  I planned
to use the KRC2 to drive an Ameritron "10L" head (has 3-of-8 encoding to
drive 8 outputs), so I wanted to use the AC1,AC2,AC3 outputs in a BCD
pattern.

This is the one remaining hurdle to getting a rebuilt 5-band two-element
spider-boom Gem Quad up in the air before the snows really start coming
down in SE Mich.  We missed all the fun the west side of the state had
the last couple of days, but I don't think my luck will hold out. 8-)

73,

-- Dave, N8SBE

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KRC2] "No KRC2 found" error
> From: Wes Stewart <n7ws at yahoo.com>
> Date: Sat, December 05, 2009 10:25 pm
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net, N8SBEDave New <n8sbe at arrl.net>
> Sorry you're having trouble, but I'm glad to know that it wasn't just me. At least you only spent several hours on it, I just finished days of messing with this and about a half-dozen back and forth emails with Gary at Elecraft. 
> There is a v1.6 firmware that I finally got to install, even though the downloader program never "found" the KRC2.  It took about three tries to get it to take and then the configuration program would find the KRC2 and allow reconfiguration, *if* I used a computer with a real serial port.
> I could load the firmware with a USB->Serial adapter, but couldn't reconfigure the KRC2 with the same adapter. Go figure.
> It can be be made to work but it's waaaay too difficult.
> Wes  N7WS
> --- On Sat, 12/5/09, Dave New, N8SBE <n8sbe at arrl.net> wrote:
<snip>
> 1) I can re-download v1.5 firmware to the KRC2 without a hitch.
> 2) Every time I try to use the config utility, it first tells me 'v1.5'
> firmware is loaded, then it tells me that 'No KRC2 found', with the
> usual helpful information on setting baud rate, etc.
<snip>