[Elecraft] KX3 Mac Utility - I Give Up

[Joel Black]

Bob,

Loading MCU, stopping the app, restarting the app, and loading the DSP 
code fixed my issue.

Trying to load both, one right after the other, I watched my free memory 
drop to 1.31GB and then the app just quit.

Ironically, the activity monitor showed the app not responding both 
times although it was clearly responding.

Thanks,
Joel - W4JBB

On 5/23/13 1:22 PM, NZ9E wrote:
> Joel,
>
> I've noticed an apparent memory leak in the Mac KX3 Utility app.  After the
> leak hits some critical threshold, the app crashes on me.  My apologies to
> Elecraft for not yet submitting a bug report.
>
> To check if this is your problem:  open the Apple Mac app "Activity Monitor"
> and click the "System Memory" tab.  Then choose "Windowed Processes" from
> the menu to make it easier to find the "Elecraft KX3 Utility" process in the
> list.  Now run the KX3 Utility and start the firmware download.  Watch the
> free memory (green in pie chart); if it's dropping like the gas gauge in an
> SUV, and if the Real and Virtual Memory numbers for the KX3 Utility process
> are rising, then you would seem to be on the right track.
>
> My workaround:  I have 8 GB of (real) memory, which is high enough that I
> don't always get into trouble.  Sometimes quitting other memory-hoggish Mac
> apps helps, but mainly I download firmware into my KX3 only with a fresh
> instance of the KX3 Utility.  E.g., if I download the KX3 microprocessor
> code (successfully), then start downloading the DSP code without quitting
> and relaunching the KX3 Utility app, it usually crashes.  So launch KX3
> utility, download microprocessor code, quit KX3 utility, launch KX3 utility,
> download DSP code, quit KX3 utility.
>
> 73,
> Bob NZ9E
>
>
> W4JBB wrote
>> This being the first time I have used the new Mac KX3 Utility
>> (v1.13.4.29), I still cannot get it to go through an entire load of new
>> FW.  It gets about 1/2-way through the DSP update and quits.  I only
>> tried once, it quits at roughly the same spot as in the past.
>
>
>
>
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