[Elecraft] [P3] **** FATAL ERROR ****

[Allan G Duncan]

Thanks for that information. A Parameter Initialization (as described on page 28 of the current P3 manual) was the solution. My firmware version was 1.13 and I have now upgraded to 1.16. Now that I have performed the upgrade this problem should not re-occur.

Thanks to all those who took the time to email me off-reflector too.

Despite comments in another thread, I am very grateful for the friendly advice found in this reflector which I have been reading since 2005 when I built my first K2. This really is a great resource with the most helpful people you could wish for. 

73

Allan
GM4ZUK


> Today the display froze and no button presses responded. I cycled the 
> power supply to the P3 and it now displays:-
> 
> **** FATAL ERROR ****
> In: ddc_set_coef()
> Span=0
> Press any active key to escape

That is caused by a bug in version 1.13 that shows up when you upgrade to 1.15.  The solution is to turn off power to the P3 and then do a "Parameter Initialization" as described in the manual.

Alan N1AL