[Elecraft] [K3] FPF failed

[Fred Jensen]

Something like this came up on the list not too long ago.  If I remember 
correctly [no guarantees on anything involving the word "remember"], the 
problem went something like:

There are 3 sets of firmware loads in a K3 ... MCU, FPF, and DSP [DSP 
twice if you have the sub-rx].  They normally load in sequence 
automatically in that order.  It is possible, but not common, that the 
new FPF load begins looking for a response from the new DSP which hasn't 
been loaded yet.

I believe the solution given was:  Uncheck all but the MCU and load it. 
  Then check only the DSP and load it.  Finally load the FPF.  Or 
something like that, maybe someone else remembers this better than I do.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

On 4/20/2014 9:02 AM, David Fleming via Elecraft wrote:
> Do you have another USB/Serial adapter to try?
>
> David, W4SMT
>
> ________________________________ From: Mike Reublin <nf4l at nf4l.com>
> To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> Sent: Saturday,
> April 19, 2014 3:13 PM Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] FPF failed
>
> Trying to help a friend with loading the latest firmware. I have the
> latest (Mac) utility and the latest firmware. The load fails at the
> FPF step. I've done the force procedure, no joy.