[Elecraft] Keying K-3 DVR on SSB with N1MM

[Jim McCook]

Last year N6ML came up with a great scheme for using 4 function keys on 
the keyboard with N1MM to key the KDVR3 on SSB.  I used it afterward in 
the CQWW SSB contest, and it worked flawlessly.  Now, for some reason, 
it won't work in this ARRL SSB DX contest.  The entry in N1MM for those 
keys had been memorized:

*F1 CQ,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT21;}*

*F2 Exch,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT31;}*

*F3 Thanks!,{CATA1ASC K31;SWT35;}*

*F4 {MYCALL},{CATA1ASC K31;SWT39;}*

I can't understand why they won't work now, when they did before.  I can 
punch the M1-M4 buttons on the K-3 and they work fine.  I've tried all 
the settings I can imagine in both N1MM and PTT-key in the K-3.  N1MM 
has so many different ways to configure everything that it's completely 
confusing at all times.  Now I notice another problem. While in SSB 
mode, I change mode to CW and the whole radio locks up.  Another way 
this lock up occurs is going to the config menu.    The radio locks up 
and I see this in the display:

AUTO
Keypper

I can't find anything in the manual that mentions this error message.  
The K-3 is completely unusable so I am changing to another radio.

Does anyone have a clue where to go with this mess?  I sure would hate 
to do a complete reset and lose all my settings.

73, Jim
W6YA