[Elecraft] KAT500 Firmware Revisions for MAC OS X

[Joshua Gould]

Like Phil, I run exclusively Macs in the house.  there are some Windows
PC's here (a laptop that I never use and an old desktop.)  When I was
starting to program my radios via the computer, I threw a Windows in a VM
for programming purposes. I now use that rather than a dedicated Windows
machine.  I've never had a problem. I'll probably use my iMac as the
station computer because it's sitting here and I can.

One thing I've never understood is why people think that Apple and Mac or
Macintosh need to be typed in all capital letters...

Joshua Gould
K8WXA


On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> Be careful, Brian. I bought one for my cousin to use, an iBook, back in
> 2005. He passed away before I was able to give it to him. I started using
> it just to see what the fuss was all about. I was hooked -- and none of my
> MacBooks have cost less than 2 kilobucks as outfitted. Beware :-)
>
> My main MacBook is dual-boot into Windows 7. There's just too much
> software I use tethering me to the Windows world.
>
> 73, Phil W7OX
>
>
> On 6/1/14, 4:38 PM, Brian Alsop wrote:
>
>> Guys,
>>
>> I apologize if my posting offended anybody.
>>
>> This is not such a far fetched question.  In fact my son-in-law has such
>> a household.  It made video chats with our 4 year old grandson a real
>> problem.  He won't even use SKYPE and insists on FACETIME.
>>
>> So how was this resolved?  He loaned me a 1 kilobuck MAC laptop....
>> Now we can do FACETIME too.
>>
>> 73 de Brian/K3KO
>>
>>
>> On 6/1/2014 22:59, Scott Manthe wrote:
>>
>>> There should be no reason that Ted should have to borrow a PC in order
>>> to update the firmware in his KAT500. The OSX utility should have the
>>> same functionality as the Windows version. In any case, there's also no
>>> reason he should have to put up with a lack of courtesy when asking a
>>> question on the reflector.
>>>
>>> Ted- Did you try searching for the firmware manually?
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Scott, N9AA
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/1/14 6:35 PM, Brian Alsop wrote:
>>>
>>>> Are WINDOWS PC's banned from your household?
>>>>
>>>> Certainly you know somebody who owns a WINDOW's laptop.
>>>>
>>>> If the situation were reversed and I needed an APPLE computer for a
>>>> few minutes to install new firmware, I'd beg or borrow one.
>>>>
>>>> 73 de Brian/K3KO
>>>>
>>>> On 6/1/2014 22:28, Dauer, Edward 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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