[Elecraft] K3 Utility: Problems saving K3 configuration

[Oliver Dröse]

Hi guys,

before updating to FW 4.51 last week I wanted to save my current K3 
configuration using the K3 Utility but could not succeed. :-( As I saw my 
last "K3 backup" was over a year old and pre FW 4.42 to which I updated back 
then for K144RFLK support.

So saving K3 configuration did not work with FW 4.42 and also not with FW 
4.51 (so you see I did the FW update anyway ;-)).

Serial communication with the K3 works flawlessly, K3 ist recognized by 
Utility and several other software (loggers, etc.). I could do the FW update 
without problems so I rule out the serial communication as the cause.

When trying to save the config the progress bar either does not start to 
move or it moves until about half-way and then stops. In both cases I get 
(the same) error message that it was not possible to read K3 EEPROM and 
saving config failed after a certain time-out period.

Besides this error the K3 itself works flawlessly, all settings are stored 
and recalled correctly when switching bands or the K3 itself on/off 
including menu settings so I suppose the EEPROM itself must work correctly, 
too.

Any idea what might be the cause and how to resolve it? Did not try an 
EEINIT yet because I do not want to setup all menu items by hand again as I 
would not have an up-to-date configuration backup. :-(

Thanks & 73, Olli - DH8BQA

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