[Elecraft] Firmware upgrades using Ubuntu 12.04

[Matt Maguire]

The "super decoder ring" you seek is the Linux "man" command. For example:
man sudo
man chmod
man apt-get

This will explain what the commands and their various options do.

73, Matt VK2ACL



On 08/07/2012, at 12:56 AM, Brian Alsop <alsopb at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> I hope all versions of Ubuntu come with a super decoder ring so that 
> mortals can make sense of these obviously encrypted commands.
> 
> 73 de Brian/K3KO
> 
> 
> On 7/7/2012 16:51, KC6D wrote:
>> I had trouble getting the KX3 Utility program to communicate with the radio
>> in Ubuntu.   Here's what solved the problem for me.  I take no credit for
>> figuring this out, these were postings by others that I found in three
>> different places.  I decided to collect the details here so they'd be all in
>> one spot.  Hope this helps someone.
>> 
>> The FTDI drivers for the USB cable provided by Elecraft are a native part of
>> Ubuntu 12.04 and do not need to be re-installed.  Just plug the cable into a
>> USB port.
>> 
>> I found these two additional steps are necessary before the Utility program
>> will successfully operate:
>> 
>> (Run in a terminal)
>> 
>>      sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0
>> 
>>      sudo apt-get install curl
>> 
>> The first command is necessary to permit all users of the computer to access
>> the "serial" port ttyUSB0.  Note: the last character in USB0 is a zero.
>> Without this command you will get an error message telling you that the KX3
>> Utility program can't communicate with the port.
>> 
>> The second command installs the Linux function "curl" which enables Ubuntu
>> to automatically communicate with and download from the Elecraft (and anyone
>> else's) FTP server.  Note: the last character in "curl" is the letter L in
>> lower-case.  Without this command you will get an error message stating the
>> KX3 Utility program is unable to connect to the Elecraft FTP server.
>> 
>> Once I did the above the Utility program ran smoothly and the firmware
>> update and other functions all appear to work.
>> 
>>              Don  KC6D
>> 
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