[Elecraft] KAT500 Firmware Revisions for MAC OS X

[Phil Hystad]

Ted,

I have a Mac, I have a KAT500, and I have MCU 1.67 installed on my KAT500 and I am using the KAT500 Utility program version 1.14.2.1.

Everything works hunky dory.

Now, I am not sure why the Elecraft web page suggests 1.14.2.20 except for the fact that it does denote the latest Windows release.  The difference between the .1 and .20 at the end of the Windows versus Mac releases may refer to a build number which is a common thing to include in the version identification (having been a programmer for almost 50 years).  So, these different numbers may mean different builds which is not unusual since I think the software for the Windows versus the Mac (and Linux) are done by two different people -- or, at least it used to be two different people.  And, their build cycles could easily be different (and likely to be different).

But, from my experience you can load 1.14.2.1 utility and use that to load up MCU 1.67.

73, phil, K7PEH


On Jun 1, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu> wrote:

> The current firmware version for the KAT500 is apparently MCU 1.67.  To access it requires the KAT500 Utility version 14.2.20.  That, however, seems to be available only for Windows.  The latest utility version for Mac OS X on the website is 1.14.2.1.  When I run that, the latest firmware version it finds is 1.41.  Unfortunately 1.41 seems not to give the KAT500 the capability of tracking the frequency setting from the K3 as it tunes - with F/W 1.41 retunes only on the first dit.  Am I doing something wrong?  Is there a way to get 1.67 using a Mac (short of installing Windows on the Mac)?
> 
> Thanks for whatever advice might be offered . . .
> 
> Ted, KN1CBR
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