[Elecraft] P3 w/SVGA - No actual RF Frequency display

[Roger White]

I will do that. I thought of that, but it is late and I am tired of chasing 
the problems down while having fun with it.

Thanks for the help! I have a new Rig Runner I am going to use to power the 
rest of the +12 volt devices on the table, so this will give me a reason to 
make the first DC cord for it!

Roger White W5RDW
Murphy, Texas

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ian Kahn - Ham
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:01 PM
To: W5RDW
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 w/SVGA - No actual RF Frequency display

Roger,

My first inclination would be that the issues you're seeing are due to
lack of power.  I'd power the P3 from another source with a temporary
cord, if you can, while you await arrival of the one from Elecraft.
That might make all the difference in the world.

HTH.

73,

--Ian

Ian Kahn, KM4IK
Roswell, GA
km4ik.ian at gmail.com
K3 #281, P3 #688


On 3/21/2012 10:52 PM, W5RDW wrote:
> Got the P3/SVGA today. It was an assembled unit with the SVGA factory
> installed. I am powering it off the K3 +12 volt output. The new power 
> cable
> is in the mail. It has not shut down after all afternoon and evening ON.
>
> It has never displayed the actual RF frequency up in the center top of the
> screen or at the left or right side top. Zero is at the top center and the
> +/- Spans are at the ends. I can adjust the span as it describes. The
> Markers only display the offset from the center, not the RF frequency.
>
> I cannot toggle it to the Fixed Mode also. It stays in the Tracking Mode. 
> I
> have the latest firmware installed (P3 1.12, K3 MCU 4.39, FPF 1.14, DSP1
> 2.73). The cables between the P3 and the K3 are per the manual.  I  even
> tried a reload of the K3 and P3 firmware and even reinitialized the P3 
> (page
> 28 of the manual).
>
> I am using an external 19 inch flat panel Acer monitor. Any ideas what I 
> am
> doing wrong?
>
> Roger W5RDW
>
>
>
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