[Elecraft] KX3 utility not reading firmware installed in KX3

[Dick Dievendorff]

Are you absolutely certain that COM7 is the right serial port for your KX3?
Are there others available in the KX3 Utility Port tab list of com ports?

If your KX3 LCD shows a VFO frequency, then the expected response from the
KX3 Utility is different than you're seeing.  

The response you have shown is as if the device is just echoing anything.

See KX3 Utility Help, Port tab, "Test Communications".  There are three
possible responses to the "test communications" button, and if your KX3 has
running firmware, it should respond with "KX3 MCU version xx.xx. RS-232
speed 38400 bit/s."  

It could also be a faulty USB to Serial adapter that is echoing whatever is
sent to it.

73 de Dick, K6KR



-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of KD3RF
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 7:46 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 utility not reading firmware installed in KX3

Hi:

I'm having a problem with my KX3 when I attempt to upload new firmware.

1)    The radio is communicating with the program -- when I test
communications, I get a reply from the utility indicating "KX3 waiting for
firmware upload. RE-232 sped 38400 bit/s" ( pic1
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>
).

2)    I have downloaded the latest firmware files from the Elecraft website
and placed them in the default folder.

3)    When I attempt the check versions however, the utility is not reading
the firmware installed in the KX3 and the options to send firmware remain
greyed-out. ( pic2
<http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af58/andyvavra/Case/pic2_zpsa118b9c0.jpg
>
)

4)    I have uninstalled and reinstalled the KX3 Utility.  I am running
version 1.12.8.11 and my operating system is Windows 7.

5)    When I check the FW REVS directly in the KX3 using the menu function,
it tells me that I have firmware uC 01.36 installed.

I am hesitant to to a hard reset of the KX3 out of concern that I may not be
able to reload new firmware if the program and radio aren't correctly
communicating.

Except for this problem loading firmware, the radio appears to be
functioning correctly.

Has anyone else experienced this problem, and what actions did you take to
correct it?

Thanks.

-- Andy Vavra KD3RF/VE2DXY



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