[Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

[Cady, Fred]

Make sure you have the latest version of the K3 Utility.

Fred Cady
fcady at ieee dot org 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nand Kishore
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 9:31 AM
> To: Dick Dievendorff
> Cc: elecraft
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time
> 
> 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
> >>
> >>
> >
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