[Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade.

[g8kbvdave at googlemail.com]

Hello again from a sunny (if cold) Ankara morning.


With apologies to Dick and others.  And sorry to "shout" below, but please read 
and try to understand what I was trying to achieve.

But...  Where is KX3util.exe Rev 1.3.6.17 for Windows?


I AM/WAS NOT EVER TRYING TO INSTALL BETA FIRMWARE in my KX3.

I was trying, and succeeded in the end, to install the latest "Production" 
firmware.  "MCU 1.61 / DSP 1.23, Aug 31, 2013"

I was using the KX3 Utility for WINDOWS, from:-
http://www.elecraft.com/KX3/KX3_software.htm#kx3util

That is revision 1.13.4.29   I.e. the latest available(?) at the above page.
Dated April 29th 2013   (Yes, I refreshed the page.)
The link points to a file "KX3_Utility_Setup_1_13_4_29.exe"

(If I try editing the link, to pull a file with the later .6.17 revision, I get a 404 
error "Not Found".)


I also tried the same revision (1.3.4.29, not being aware there was a later rev' 
available at that time) on Linux (Lubuntu) with the same result, from two 
different machines, on two different ISP's, also unable to "log in" to the FTP 
server.

I do now see that for Linux and Mac, there is later revision, "1.13.6.17" 
available, dated June 17th 2013 but that revision seems NOT to be available 
for Windows users, as listed on that page.  I have not tried that version on 
Linux (yet, as I do not have any Linux PC, or the KX3 with me at this time, I will 
check when I get back home in a day or two.)

If a later Windows revision of the KX3util is available, then the KX3util page 
linked above is in error and needs updating.

It would appear, that the currently indicated Windows revision of the utility 
DOES NOT work with the current FTP server, but a later 1.13.6.17 may do just 
fine, if it is available for Windows users.


In essance....

The "Currently listed" Windows version appears not to have been updated, 
so preventing automatic downloading of KX3 production FW for Windows users.

That is the issue I and others were having.   If there is a later utility version for 
Windows, where is it?   If it is at another web location, then why is that not 
linked from the KX3util page above?

It would be of great use, if the utility could check for it's own updates, and let 
the user know if such are available, before they suffer frustration not being able 
to easily obtain later firmware for the radio's etc.


Again, with apologies, if I ruffled feathers.

73.

Dave TA2/G0WBX (but not for much longer in TA2 land.)