[Elecraft] KPA500 firmware load fails?

[David F. Reed]

Thanks Dick, that answers the question I posed in my reply to Don.

73 de Dave, W5SV


On 11/18/12 6:24 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> The KPA500 requires its own distinct COM port connection, directly from your
> PC to the KPA500 back panel RS-232 PC connection (the 9-pin D shell).
>
> There's no RS-232 pass-thru from the K3 thru the KAT500 to the KPA500.  That
> cable is the 15-pin ACC cable, and does not carry RS-232 data.
>
> We do this for the P3/K3 combination, because the P3 needs to send serial
> port commands to the K3, but that's the extent of the K-line's serial port
> pass-thru.
>
> Dick, K6KR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David F. Reed
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 4:11 PM
> To: elecraft Reflector
> Subject: [Elecraft] KPA500 firmware load fails?
>
> My K3 is wired to my KPA500 and KAT500 per the instructions and works fine
> with one exception...
>
> I cannot talk to the KPA500 using the utility (version 1.12.3.12) on
> COM8 (same port as the K3), but its not "seeing" the KPA500...
>
> Is there something I am missing, like turning off the K3, or connecting only
> to the KPA500 to do this, or???
>
> Thanks & 73 de Dave, W5SV
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