[Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

[Nand Kishore]

Yes, the uploads have been faster before.Now I will try with regular usb to
serial cable which
I had kept aside as I wanted FSK. Now I will take the cable directly to K3
instead of via P3.
I have no other PC.
Will report back.
73 de Nandu

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Dick Dievendorff <dieven at comcast.net> wrote:

> Has that serial path worked more quickly in the past? Do you have
> alternatives available to try?  That load time is terrible v
>
> Dick
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Nand Kishore <vu2nks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Dick,
> I have been battling with an ERR TXG problem. I am in touch with
> support.Have changed LPA.
> No improvement in out put power,cannot exceed 10w with KPA3 in line.About
> 0.6W with KPA3
> bypassed.Various voltages taken with rf probe as advised reported back to
> support.Was advised
> to do ref cal again.
> So,I did the full F/W down load,latest regular release with latest
> utility. It has been taking a long
> time to do F/W load lately,but always without any retries.
> So,I thought of asking here if the time taken to load was a norm.If the
> F/W is not done right,should
> I not sort it out first before looking at H/W.
>
> I have K3/100 # 282 + KRX3 + KDVR + P3.
> Using Laptop with pcmcia dual serial port card.
>
> 73 de Nandu
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Dick Dievendorff <dieven at comcast.net>wrote:
>
>> About five to eight minutes is normal. You may have many retries,
>> indicating a less than ideal RS-232 connection. Use the view menu, verbose
>> settings for explicit indications of each retry. Check that your cable hold
>> down screws are snug. Try the troubleshooting steps in K3 Utility Help for
>> USB to serial adapters if that is what you are using.  If the RS232 cabling
>> path is complex (many connectors) try to simplify it.
>>
>> Firmware load is done  at 38400 bps.
>>
>> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>>
>>
>> On Dec 3, 2012, at 5:21 AM, Nand Kishore <vu2nks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > What should be the time taken to do an upload for a K3 with subrx.
>> > In my case its about 70 minutes.Is this normal ?
>> >
>> > Nandu
>> > Vu2nks
>> > K3 # 282
>>
>>
>