[Elecraft] KPA500 Remote control problem & question

[Oliver Dröse]

Restart the amp, Jim. Hope you can power it on/off remotely! Had that only 
once in my remote setup and power-cycling the map did the trick.

73, Olli - DH8BQA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim - KE8G" <ke8g at cox.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 9:37 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] KPA500 Remote control problem & question


> Hello All,
> Well, Murphy raised his ugly head this weekend during the ARRL SSCW 
> contest.
>
> I am operating remote and everything was working fine; the K3 radio, 
> KTA500 tuner, and KPA500 amplifier.  I was monitoring things via the 
> Elecraft software for the tuner and amp.  I was on 80 meters and saw a HI 
> SWR warning come on the KPA500 software, but not on the KAT500 software. 
> I clicked the "Clear Error" area and then received a Comm ERR.
>
> The KPA500 software seemed to freeze and the only thing I could do was 
> terminate the program.  I re-started the software and it gave me an error 
> message saying it could not make contact with the KPA500.  I closed all 
> the running programs on the remote PC, and then did a re-boot.  All is 
> working well except for the KPA500 software.  I keep getting an error 
> message telling me the KPA500 remote is not running and it can't find the 
> amp.
>
> Any ideas that I can do via the Internet?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> 73 de Jim - KE8G
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